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REID, Neil Wedgwood
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 409410 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Elementary Flying Training School |
| Born: | Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, 27 November 1922 |
| Home Town: | Wangaratta, Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Rhodesia, 6 November 1942, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Harare (Pioneer) Cemetery, Harare, Harare Province, Zimbabwe European War Graves Plot, Grave 77 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wangaratta High School War Memorial Gates, Wangaratta Holy Trinity Cathedral Honour Roll WW2, Wangaratta War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 15 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 409410 | |
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| 6 Nov 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 409410, Elementary Flying Training School, 20 Service Flying Training School SRAF |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Sergeant Neil Wedgwood Reid 409410 was killed when Harvard P5940 based at 20SFTS Cranborne collided in mid-air with Harvard P5919 and crashed three miles south east of Prince Edward Dam, Rhodesia
Biography contributed
Neil Wedgwood REID was born in Kyneton, Victoria on 27th November, 1922
His parents were David REID & Ivy Kathleen WEDGWOOD who married in Victoria in 1921
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