Neville Fitzclarence Kettle was born in 1899 in New Zealand.
He was the elder son of Frank and Elsie Kettle.
Neville is listed as a prizewinner for politeness, at the Convent School in Port Chalmers (Evening Star 1908).
He married Hazel Agnes King in 1928
Neville Kettle died in Palmerston North in 1986.