Thompson Neville Digby BOYD

BOYD, Thompson Neville Digby

Service Number: 402435
Enlisted: 19 August 1940
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: Operational Training Units (RAF)
Born: Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia, 18 July 1913
Home Town: Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
Schooling: unknown
Occupation: Salesman
Died: Accidental, Gloucester, United Kingdom, 26 October 1941, aged 28 years
Cemetery: Gloucester Old Cemetery, Gloucestershire, England
Plot B, Grave 9550
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
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World War 2 Service

19 Aug 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 402435
26 Oct 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, 402435, Operational Training Units (RAF), 23 Operational Training RAF

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Biography contributed

Thompson Neville Digby BOYD was born in Drummoyne, Sydney on 18th July, 1913

His parents were Thompson Keith BOYD & Ivy Amy ROSE who married in Sydney in 1912

He married Beryl Sylvia MERRETT in Sydney on 17th June 1939 - one daughter Susan

He died in an aircraft accident in Gloucester, England on 26th October, 1941

His headstone reads:

"For ever young, he died for freedom"