Norman Robert BANVILL

BANVILL, Norman Robert

Service Number: 23549
Enlisted: 12 September 1940
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: No. 20 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 31 October 1921
Home Town: Albion, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Maryborough State High School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Telephone Mechanic
Died: Possibly executed whilst a prisoner of the Japanese , Reported missing after the Coral Sea Battle, 7 May 1942, aged 20 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Port Moresby Memorial - Panel 10, Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Maryborough Queen's Park War Memorial, Maryborough St. Paul's Anglican Church Book of Remembrance, Maryborough State High School Roll of Honour, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial, Postmaster-General's Dept. Qld. WW2
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 23549
12 Sep 1940: Enlisted Brisbane, Queensland
12 Sep 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 23549
7 May 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 23549, No. 20 Squadron (RAAF), Battle of the Coral Sea

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Biography

Son of Walter James Banvill and Jean Duncan Banvill, of Maryborough, Queensland.

Plane was a Catalina. 20 Squadron