In memory of

Flying Officer

Neville Bernett

who died on 4 Mar 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 172 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flying Officer
  Service number J9739
  Date of death 19430304
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J9739 Flying Officer (No. 172 Squadron RAF wireless air gunner) Neville Bernett (b.1916) of Bounty was KIA 19430304 and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial near London, England, for airmen from the north European theatre who died with no known grave. Bernett's Wellington failed to return from a night mission. He was the son of James and Adelaide Frances (Rogers) Bernett who came from Shropshire to homestead NE10-29-10-W3 south of Bounty, and left a fiancee Molly Olson at Outlook. Neville was farming with his family when he enlisted at Saskatoon early in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 285 - Fertile Valley
  Cemetery or memorial location Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) Bounty
  Geo-memorial Bernett Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.5333°N / 104.6167°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73P10
  Geo-memorial details North of Stanley Mission.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19160219
  Place of birth Bounty    
  Date of enlistment 19410128
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Bounty    
  Occupation farmer
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