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BANVILL, Norman Robert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 23549 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 23549 | |
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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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Son of Walter James Banvill and Jean Duncan Banvill, of Maryborough, Queensland.
Plane was a Catalina. 20 Squadron