LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Neville James BARRON
Service No: 435656
Born: Toowoomba QLD, 6 June 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 July 1943
Unit: No. 32 Squadron, Lowood QLD
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 32 Squadron Beaufort aircraft A9-670), near the Gailes Armament Range, Lowood, 10 April 1945, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Brisbane (Lutwyche) Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James Robert and Vera May Barron, of Maclagan
Roll of Honour: Toowoomba QLD
Remembered: Panel 122, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
No. 32 Squadron Beaufort A9-670 crashed in wooded country about 10 kms from the Gailes armament range at 1715 hours on 10 April 1945 during a non-operational training flight. The crash was not witnessed. On board were:
Flight Sergeant Neville James Barron (435656) (Observer)
Pilot Officer John George Harvey (422179) (Second Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Raymond Patrick McGuigan (170062) (Aircraft Hand, Supernumerary) (RAAF Survey Flight)
Flying Officer Eric David Stephenson (426262) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 264
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Beaufort, Beaufighter and Mosquito in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1990