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CURTIS, Neil William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 413745 |
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Enlisted: | 13 September 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | Aircrew Training Units |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 12 March 1913 |
Home Town: | Bankstown, Bankstown, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | School Teacher |
Died: | 4 June 1997, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
The New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood, New South Wales |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
13 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 413745, Aircrew Training Units | |
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13 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 413745 | |
21 Feb 1945: | Imprisoned Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Aircraft shot down over the Ruhr 21 Feb 1945. Sustained a broken ankle | |
4 Oct 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 413745 | |
9 Oct 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 413745 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 413745, No. 35 Squadron (RAF - No. 8 Group PFF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carrie Henderson
Sergeant Curtis was taken prisoner when his Lancaster aircraft was shot down over the Ruhr in Germany on 21 February 1945. He suffered a fractured ankle.