Eric Neville SOMERVILLE

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SOMERVILLE, Eric Neville

Service Number:	402069
Enlisted:	29 April 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 16 September 1914
Home Town:	Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Mediterranean Sea, Malta, 15 April 1942, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt
Memorials:	Alamein Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 402069
29 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 402069

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Maryland AH298 of 203 Squadron RAF crashed in the Mediterranean Sea with all crew killed

Flying Officer Eric Neville Sommerville 402069 RAAF (previously with 39SQN RAF)

Flight Sergeant Herbert Rogers 404042 RAAF

Flying Officer James Bruce Halbert 406006 RAAF

Flight Sergeant Norman Gordon 755901 RAF

Their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial

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