Noel Wilson SOWTER

SOWTER, Noel Wilson

Service Number: 408213
Enlisted: 25 April 1941
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 7 Service Flying Training School Deniliquin
Born: Scottsdale, Dorset - Tasmania, Australia, 19 December 1919
Home Town: Scottsdale, Dorset, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Training Accident air crash, Benalla, Victoria, Australia, 4 April 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Benalla Cemetery, Victoria
Methodist Plot. Sec. A. Grave 193., Benalla Cemetery, Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Postmaster-General's Department Tasmania WW2 Honour Roll, LimaRA
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World War 2 Service

25 Apr 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 408213, Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme
25 Apr 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 408213
4 Apr 1942: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, No. 7 Service Flying Training School Deniliquin
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 22 and the son of Edward William and Gertrude Sowter, of Scottsdale, Tasmania

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Sergeant Noel Wilson Sowter 408213 & Leading Aircraftman James Walter Masters 416593 of Number 7 Service Flying Training School Deniliquin were killed in the loss of Wirraway aircraft A20-265 south of Benalla, Victoria