Cyril Richard Neil LEWIS

LEWIS, Cyril Richard Neil

Service Number: 3889
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Pilot Officer
Last Unit: Air Gunnery Schools
Born: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 30 April 1912
Home Town: Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Aircraft accident, Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, 20 June 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania
Family Vault in the Church of England Plot Section AA (GRM/7), Cornelian Bay Public Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hutchins School WW2 Honour Roll
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Pilot Officer, 3889
20 Jun 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, Air Gunnery Schools
Date unknown: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 3889

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

RAAF Dakota aircraft A30-7 of Number 2 Wireless and Gunnery School crashed a quarter mile from the north boundary of Parkes aerodrome (incident covered in book “Allied Air Transport Operations South West Pacific Area in WWII - Volume 1” by Robert H. Kelly)

 

Two members of the crew died in the crash with another two succumbing to their injuries over the following days:

 

Flight Lieutenant Norman Charles Philip Blight (2nd pilot) 366 (died 15/6)

Sergeant William Charles Arthur 61516 (died 15/6)

Flying Officer Harold Robert Irving Cox 689 (died 16/6)

Pilot Officer Cyril Richard Neil Lewis 3889 (1st pilot) (died 20/6)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of David Cyril Lewis and Marion Frances Lewis of Cambridge, Tasmania