Onslow Harold Maxwell (Harold) SHEPHERD

SHEPHERD, Onslow Harold Maxwell

Service Number: 411958
Enlisted: 21 June 1941
Last Rank: Warrant Officer
Last Unit: No. 93 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Nowra, New South Wales, Australia , 16 April 1918
Home Town: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Schooling: Nowra Intermediate High & Newington College, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Bank Officer
Died: Flying Battle, Mediterranean Sea, 27 January 1944, aged 25 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bomaderry War Memorial, Malta Memorial, Floriana, Melbourne Bank of Australasia 'In Remembrance' Honour Roll WW2
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Warrant Officer, 411958
21 Jun 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 411958
27 Jan 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 411958, No. 93 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Onslow Harold Maxwell SHEPHERD was born in Nowra in NSW on 16th April, 1918

His parents were Richard SHEPHERD & Elizabeth Jane HANNIGAN who married in Nowra on 5th March,  1890

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His brother James Glenville SHEPHERD (SN 1284) served during WW1 in the 30th Infantry Battalion and also had previous service in the 5th Light Horse Regiment (CMF) - he was discharged on 15th March, 1917 as medically unfit