Charles Edwards SOMERVILLE

SOMERVILLE, Charles Edwards

    Service Number: 402680
    Enlisted: 18 September 1940
    Last Rank: Pilot Officer
    Last Unit: No. 6 Service Flying Training School Mallala
    Born: Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, February 1917
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Accidental (plane crash), Mallala, South Australia, Australia, 14 October 1941
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    South Australia Cremation Memorial, Centennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Centennial Park South Australian Cremations Memorial, Mallala Ansons W2254 and W2257 Crash Site
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    World War 2 Service

    18 Sep 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 402680, Sydney, New South Wales
    18 Sep 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 402680
    14 Oct 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 402680, No. 6 Service Flying Training School Mallala, Empire Air Training Scheme
    Date unknown: Involvement

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Mid-Air collision of Avro Anson W2254 & W2257 of 6 Service Flying Training School Mallala resulting in the deaths of Leading Aircraftman John Gordon Maslen 416356 / Pilot Officer Charles Edward Somerville 402680 (aircraft W2257) & Leading Aircraftman Bernard George Hutchins 408654 / Sergeant Ian Bruce Blacker 407163 (aircraft W2254)

     

    Charles Somerville was the son of Daniel and Susan Somerville; husband of Edna Elsie Somerville of Earlwood, NSW

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