LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Robert Hamper NEELD
Service No: 71794
Born: Wyalong NSW, 19 July 1910
Enlisted in the RAAF: 27 October 1942
Discharged from the RAAF: 15 October 1945
Unit at Discharge: No. 2 Personnel Depot, Moore Park NSW
Died: Illness, Sydney, 14 April 1946, Aged 35 Years
Buried: Cremated (Sydney (Eastern Suburbs) Crematorium NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William and Catherine Alice Neeld; husband of Dorothy May Neeld, of Bondi
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 5, NSW Crematorium Memorial, Sydney
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 15 October 1945 Sergeant Neeld, an Aerodrome Defence Instructor, was discharged from the RAAF to resume his civilian occupation. He died on 14 April 1946.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 71794