LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Allan James SHAMBLER
Service No: 77184
Born: Mosman NSW, 31 December 1911
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 July 1942 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 457 Squadron
Died: Injuries, Sattler airfield NT, 9 July 1944, Aged 32 Years
Buried: Adelaide River War Cemetery NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Edgar Joseph and Florence Blanche Shambler; husband of Ruby Olive Shambler, of Wynnum Central, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 106, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 9 July 1944, Leading Aircraftman Shambler, a Fitter II Engines, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at Sattler airfield.
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 A705, 166/37/462