~~~~Alan Frank NEALE_Royal Australian Air Force_RAAF_World War Two_(Service)~~~~~~
Parents:---Frank Neale and Mabel Amelia Firth married 1913 in Victoria.
Wife:---Joan M Goodall married Dec 1942 in Porthill, Staffordshire, England
RAAF Service No:--- 401528
Religion:--- Presbyterian
Trade/Calling:--- not yet known
Martial status:--- Married
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Joan May Neale, of Wolstanton, Stoke-on-Trent
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 28th February 1941 in Melbourne, Victoria.
Final Rank:--- Flight Sergeant, (Air Bomber)
Final Posting:--- 12 Squadron (RAF), RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire
Fate:--- Flight Sergeant Alan Neale (Air Bomber), was killed in action, during air operations aboard Lancaster aircraft W4372 over North West Europe on18th January 1943. (Lancaster W4372 of 12 Squadron RAF took off at 16.34 hours on 17th January 1943 from RAF Station Wickenby to bomb Berlin. No further news of the aircraft or crew was received.)
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at sea.
Commemorated:--- Panel 193, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England.
Commemorated:--- Panel 127, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial.
Commemorated:---International Bomber Command Centre Memorial.
The crew members of W4372 were:---
Pilot Officer Wilfred Gordon Burrows (411739) (Navigator)
Sergeant James Stewart Hunter (1018437) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Andrew Mitchell (1003659) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Pilot Officer Robert Bruce Mullinger (411595) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Alan Frank Neale (401528) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Leslie Henry Richardson (1216870) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
Sergeant Eric Bayly Withell (414713) (RNZAF) (Pilot)
The body of Sergeant Mitchell was washed ashore at Nymindegab, on the south west coast of Denmark, and is buried at Esbjerg, Denmark.
Parents:---Frank Neale and Mabel Amelia Firth married 1913 in Victoria.
Wife:---Joan M Goodall married Dec 1942 in Porthill, Staffordshire, England
RAAF Service No:--- 401528
Religion:--- Presbyterian
Trade/Calling:--- not yet known
Martial status:--- Married
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Joan May Neale, of Wolstanton, Stoke-on-Trent
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 28th February 1941 in Melbourne, Victoria.
Final Rank:--- Flight Sergeant, (Air Bomber)
Final Posting:--- 12 Squadron (RAF), RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire
Fate:--- Flight Sergeant Alan Neale (Air Bomber), was killed in action, during air operations aboard Lancaster aircraft W4372 over North West Europe on18th January 1943. (Lancaster W4372 of 12 Squadron RAF took off at 16.34 hours on 17th January 1943 from RAF Station Wickenby to bomb Berlin. No further news of the aircraft or crew was received.)
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at sea.
Commemorated:--- Panel 193, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England.
Commemorated:--- Panel 127, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial.
Commemorated:---International Bomber Command Centre Memorial.
The crew members of W4372 were:---
Pilot Officer Wilfred Gordon Burrows (411739) (Navigator)
Sergeant James Stewart Hunter (1018437) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Andrew Mitchell (1003659) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Pilot Officer Robert Bruce Mullinger (411595) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Alan Frank Neale (401528) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Leslie Henry Richardson (1216870) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
Sergeant Eric Bayly Withell (414713) (RNZAF) (Pilot)
The body of Sergeant Mitchell was washed ashore at Nymindegab, on the south west coast of Denmark, and is buried at Esbjerg, Denmark.
~~~~Alan Frank NEALE_Royal Australian Air Force_RAAF_World War Two_(Service)~~~~~~
Parents:---Frank Neale and Mabel Amelia Firth married 1913 in Victoria.
Wife:---Joan M Goodall married Dec 1942 in Porthill, Staffordshire, England
RAAF Service No:--- 401528
Religion:--- Presbyterian
Trade/Calling:--- not yet known
Martial status:--- Married
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Joan May Neale, of Wolstanton, Stoke-on-Trent
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 28th February 1941 in Melbourne, Victoria.
Final Rank:--- Flight Sergeant, (Air Bomber)
Final Posting:--- 12 Squadron (RAF), RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire
Fate:--- Flight Sergeant Alan Neale (Air Bomber), was killed in action, during air operations aboard Lancaster aircraft W4372 over North West Europe on18th January 1943. (Lancaster W4372 of 12 Squadron RAF took off at 16.34 hours on 17th January 1943 from RAF Station Wickenby to bomb Berlin. No further news of the aircraft or crew was received.)
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at sea.
Commemorated:--- Panel 193, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England.
Commemorated:--- Panel 127, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial.
Commemorated:---International Bomber Command Centre Memorial.
The crew members of W4372 were:---
Pilot Officer Wilfred Gordon Burrows (411739) (Navigator)
Sergeant James Stewart Hunter (1018437) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Andrew Mitchell (1003659) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Pilot Officer Robert Bruce Mullinger (411595) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Alan Frank Neale (401528) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Leslie Henry Richardson (1216870) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
Sergeant Eric Bayly Withell (414713) (RNZAF) (Pilot)
The body of Sergeant Mitchell was washed ashore at Nymindegab, on the south west coast of Denmark, and is buried at Esbjerg, Denmark.
Parents:---Frank Neale and Mabel Amelia Firth married 1913 in Victoria.
Wife:---Joan M Goodall married Dec 1942 in Porthill, Staffordshire, England
RAAF Service No:--- 401528
Religion:--- Presbyterian
Trade/Calling:--- not yet known
Martial status:--- Married
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Joan May Neale, of Wolstanton, Stoke-on-Trent
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 28th February 1941 in Melbourne, Victoria.
Final Rank:--- Flight Sergeant, (Air Bomber)
Final Posting:--- 12 Squadron (RAF), RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire
Fate:--- Flight Sergeant Alan Neale (Air Bomber), was killed in action, during air operations aboard Lancaster aircraft W4372 over North West Europe on18th January 1943. (Lancaster W4372 of 12 Squadron RAF took off at 16.34 hours on 17th January 1943 from RAF Station Wickenby to bomb Berlin. No further news of the aircraft or crew was received.)
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at sea.
Commemorated:--- Panel 193, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England.
Commemorated:--- Panel 127, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial.
Commemorated:---International Bomber Command Centre Memorial.
The crew members of W4372 were:---
Pilot Officer Wilfred Gordon Burrows (411739) (Navigator)
Sergeant James Stewart Hunter (1018437) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Andrew Mitchell (1003659) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Pilot Officer Robert Bruce Mullinger (411595) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Alan Frank Neale (401528) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Leslie Henry Richardson (1216870) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
Sergeant Eric Bayly Withell (414713) (RNZAF) (Pilot)
The body of Sergeant Mitchell was washed ashore at Nymindegab, on the south west coast of Denmark, and is buried at Esbjerg, Denmark.
Inscription
"Known unto God" "Their glory shall not be blotted out."
Gravesite Details
Flight Sergeant Alan Frank NEALE_Royal Australian Air Force_RAAF_ 401528. "The fortune of war, has denied this known and honoured, ANZAC, burial given to his comrades in death."
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