Robert Sutton NEIGHBOUR

Service Number: 416450

Enlisted: 23 June 1941, Adelaide, South AUstralia

Last Rank: Flight Sergeant

Last Unit: No. 227 Squadron (RAF)

Born: Kingscote, South Australia, 26 January 1918

Home Town: Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia

Schooling: Not yet discovered

Occupation: Bus driver

Died: Killed in Action (flying battle), Rhodes Island, Greece, 21 September 1943, aged 25 years

Cemetery: Rhodes War Cemetery, Greece

Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kingscote & District WW2 Honour Roll, Kingscote War Memorial

23 Jun 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, SN 416450, Adelaide, South AUstralia

24 Jun 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), SN 416450

21 Sep 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, SN 416450, No. 227 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Descendants of :

William James NEIGHBOUR

Generation 1

1. William James NEIGHBOUR was born 03 Apr 1897 in Goolwa, SA and died 12 Aug 1970 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA. He married Ruby TURNER 29 Jun 1916 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA. She was born 01 Feb 1897 in Smiths Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 12 Apr 1958 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA, daughter of John TURNER and Esther HOSKEN.

Other events in the life of William James NEIGHBOUR
Burial: Kingscote Cemetery, Kangaroo Island, SA
Electoral roll: BET 1939 & 1943, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island

Children of William James NEIGHBOUR and Ruby TURNER:

i. 2. John Nelson William (Chinner) NEIGHBOUR was born 31 Oct 1916 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 11 Feb 1988
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3. Robert Sutton NEIGHBOUR was born 26 Jan 1918 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 21 Sep 1943 in Rhodes, Greece
iii. Judith Maureen NEIGHBOUR was born 18 Nov 1931 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA. She married Richard (Dick) MORRIS 28 Mar 1951 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA.
iv. William Roger NEIGHBOUR was born 27 Jan 1938 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA. He married Beverley Muriel DIXON 29 Apr 1961 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA.

Generation 2

2. John Nelson William (Chinner) NEIGHBOUR was born 31 Oct 1916 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 11 Feb 1988. He married Joan NASH. She was born 19 Jul 1919 and died 06 May 1999.

Other events in the life of John Nelson William (Chinner) NEIGHBOUR
Burial: Kingscote Cemetery, Kangaroo Island
Baptism: 30 Oct 1917, St Albans Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA
Electoral roll: BET 1941 & 1943, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island

Children of John Nelson William (Chinner) NEIGHBOUR and Joan NASH:
i. Unknown female NEIGHBOUR was born 31 Oct 1941 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA
ii. Wendy Maureen NEIGHBOUR was born 12 Dec 1942 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA
iii. Jacqueline Joan NEIGHBOUR was born 10 Feb 1947 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA

3. Robert Sutton NEIGHBOUR was born 26 Jan 1918 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 21 Sep 1943 in Rhodes, Greece. He married Betty Kathleen HARVEY 10 Apr 1941. She died 20 Sep 1997.

Other events in the life of Robert Sutton NEIGHBOUR
Military: 416450 RAF
Memorial: Kingscote Cemetery, Kangaroo Island
Baptism: 05 Apr 1923, St Albans Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA
Electoral roll: BET 1941 & 1943, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island

Children of Robert Sutton NEIGHBOUR and Betty Kathleen HARVEY:
i. Rosalind Fay NEIGHBOUR

Last updated : 25 June 2021