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SHAMBLER, Allan James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 77184 |
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Enlisted: | 22 July 1942 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 457 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Mossman, NSW, 31 December 1911 |
Home Town: | Wynnum, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Injuries (Self inflicted wound), Sattler Airstrip, NT, Sattler Airstrip, Northern Territory, Australia, 9 July 1944, aged 32 years |
Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT D.A.6., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nar Nar Goon Commercial Bank of Australia Limited WW2 Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
22 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 77184, RAAF Ground Training Schools | |
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22 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 77184, No. 457 Squadron (RAAF) | |
9 Jul 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 77184, No. 457 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45, Died in service - Self -inflicted gunshot wound |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Edgar Joseph and Florence Blanche Shambler
Husband of Ruby Olive Shambler of Wynnum Central, Queensland
Leading Aircraftman Allan James Shambler 77184 of Number 457 Squadron died from a gunshot wound to the head (off-duty, suicide) at Sattler Airstrip, NT