SHILLABEER, Neil Hartley
Service Number: | 407459 |
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Enlisted: | 12 October 1940 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 450 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Croydon, South Australia, 17 November 1915 |
Home Town: | Mount Wedge, Elliston, South Australia |
Schooling: | Scotch College, Adelaide |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Flying Battle, Mersa Matruh, Egypt, 29 August 1942, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Local Roll of Honour- Oakbank South Australia |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 450 Squadron R.A.A.F. Roll of Honour, Oakbank WW2 Roll of Honor |
World War 2 Service
12 Oct 1940: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 407459 | |
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12 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
12 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 407459 | |
29 May 1941: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant |
World War 1 Service
27 Jun 1941: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 407459, No. 450 Squadron (RAAF), Embarked at Sydney for overseas service |
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World War 2 Service
28 Sep 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 407459, No. 450 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre | |
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29 Nov 1941: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, No. 450 Squadron (RAAF) | |
31 Mar 1942: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, No. 450 Squadron (RAAF) | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Hubert Hurtle Shillabeer and Alice May (nee Kemp) Shillabeer; husband of Alice Adele Shillabeer of Mount Wedge, South Australia. Brother of Verna Lois Shillabeer, Keith Oswald Shillabeer (served with the 13 Field Regiment in PNG), Yvonne Elizabeth Shillabeer (served with AWAS) and Ronda Fanny Shillabeer
Neil carried out 100 sorties during which time he flew Hurricanes and Kittyhawks. He was reported missing while carrying out air operations near Mersa Matruh while flying a Kittyhawk