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O'NEILL, Francis Roy
Step 1: Personal Details
| Service Number: | 403830 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Scone, New South Wales, Australia, 9 October 1916 |
| Home Town: | Scone, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), at sea - Atlantic Ocean off Halifax, 12 January 1942, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Armidale Teachers' College WW2 Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Memorial |
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Pilot Officer Francis Roy O'Neill 403830 (Observer) died when the Swedish transport ship SS Yngaren was torpedoed in the Atlantic Ocean and sank
The ship was sailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia for the UK with a crew of 34 and 6 passengers from Number 1 Y Depot at RCAF Station Lachine in Canada, having just completing their training
Also killed were Pilot Officer Maurice Melton Campbell 405230 RNZAF / Pilot Officer Michael Patrick Angland 411357 RNZAF / Pilot Officer William Upton Hewett 404363 RNZAF / Pilot Officer Maxwell Maclean Stewart C/8536 RCAF
Pilot Officer O'Neill is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial