RUMBLE, Donald Neal
| Service Number: | 413260 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 August 1941, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 2 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia, 26 April 1913 |
| Home Town: | Griffith, Griffith, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Grenfell Superior School, Grenfell Intermediate High School. |
| Occupation: | Station Hand / Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Arafura Sea, Arafura Sea, Netherlands East Indies, 16 October 1943, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grenfell Other Wars Memorial, Griffith Anglican Cathedral Church of St. Alban the Martyr WW2 Honour Roll, Griffith Cenotaph, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 413260 | |
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| 16 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 413260, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF), Sydney, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George and Florence Rumble; husband of Ivy Eliza Rumble, of Griffith, New South Wales, Australia.
The Area News, 28 October 1943
Flight Sergeant D N Rumble. Official advice has been received that Flight Sergeant Donald Neal Rumble is missing as a result of air operations on October 16. He enlisted in Narrandera but was employed at Vagg's Garage, Griffith, when he received his call-up. He was a resident of Griffith for about three years.
Hudson aircraft A16-178 of No. 2 Squadron took off on an operational flight on 16th October 1943 and failed to return to base. It was considered that the aircraft crashed at sea.
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