SELF, Neville Thomas
| Service Number: | 433627 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 April 1943, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | No. 1 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 7 July 1924 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers' College Waverley |
| Occupation: | Junior Clerk & Accountancy student |
| Died: | Flying Accident, Maclean, New South Wales, Australia, 7 March 1944, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Evans Head War Cemetery, NSW Plot B Row D Grave 7 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 433627 | |
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| 24 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 433627, No. 1 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head, Sydney, NSW |
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Son of Athol John Thomas SELF & Ursula Muriel SHEILS
5 AIRMEN KILLED
IN ACCIDENT
SYDNEY, — Five RAAF airmen were killed in an aircraft accident during- training exercises at an RAAF station in northern New South Wales.
They were: Flying Officer Billle Strike McClelland, pilot, of Croydon (Sydney) ; Flight Sergt; Bruce Allan Duckworth, wireless air-gunner of Ararat (V.); LAO Robert Thomas Robertson, trainee navigator, of Enfield (N.S.W.): LAC Patrick John Scanlon, trainee navigator, of Norwood (Brisbane); and LAC Neville Thomas Self tainee navigator, of Paddington Sydney.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Avro Anson AW485 from Number 1 Air Observers School crashed near Maclean in NSW killing Flying Officer Strike-McClelland 412748 / Flight Sergeant Duckworth 409394 / LAC Robertson 439616 / LAC Scanlan 435197 / LAC Self 433627
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