402408 WARRENT OFFICER Francis Pentland SHELLEY

Date of Birth:  8 May 1919

Place of Birth: Branxton  NSW

Next of Kin: Mr Cecil H Shelley - Father  

Enlistment Date: 19 August 1940

Unit: 75 Squadron, RAAF, Milne Bay

Theatre of Service: New Guinea

Date of Death: 11 August 1942

Place of Death: Airspace over Fall River area, New Guinea.

Cause of Death: Killed in Action

Notes: Buried in the Bomana War Cemetery, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Father worked in Crookwell and lived in the Bank of NSW residence with his wife