Neale Eustace EVANS

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Service Number:	2281
Enlisted:	3 August 1936
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	RAAF Laverton
Born:	Penrith, New South Wales, Australia, 16 January 1915
Home Town:	Earlwood, Hurstville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Illness, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, New Ireland, Pacific Islands, 20 March 1942, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rabaul Memorial

3 Aug 1936:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 2281, RAAF Laverton
3 Aug 1936:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 2281
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Warrant Officer, 2281

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Warrant Officer Neale Eustace Evans 2281 (Armourer) of Air Force Headquarters became ill and died near Cape St George, New Ireland

Reported as “Missing as result of Enemy action” from Rabaul on the 5th of February 1942 - later changed to died of Illness

He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Rabaul Memorial