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SOMERVILLE, Lewis James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 41176 |
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Enlisted: | 13 June 1941 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 2 Air Observers School Mount Gambier |
Born: | Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, 28 April 1923 |
Home Town: | Clayton, Monash, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, Dandenong, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 July 1944, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 2.U.D.12, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 41176 | |
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13 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 2 Air Observers School Mount Gambier | |
13 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 41176 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Arthur Thomas Somerville and Jean Somerville of Clayton, Victoria
LAC Somerville was struck by a train at Dandenong, Victoria while proceeding home on leave