STEVENS, Sydney James
| Service Numbers: | WX35161, 441530 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 November 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Kellerberrin, Western Australia, 31 May 1923 |
| Home Town: | Kellerberrin, Kellerberrin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Kellerberrin State School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 2018, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 18 Nov 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX35161 | |
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| 29 Sep 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX35161 | |
| 2 Oct 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 441530 | |
| 1 Jul 1947: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 441530 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Pilot Officer Sydney James Stevens (Service No:441530) initially served in the AIF (18 November 1942 - 29 September 1943) as a Trooper (Service No:WX35161) with 25 Cavalry Regiment. He served in the RAAF from 2 October 1943 to 1 July 1947 and was attached to 15 Service Flying Training School at Discharge on 1 July 1947. Siblings Alfred, George and Arthur also served in WWII.
Born in 1923 in Kellerberrin WA, Sydney was the fifth of seven children of Walter George Stevens (b1885 in Corop, Victoria) and Annie McCulloch (b1893 in Cooktown, QLD). Walter (a Farmer) and Annie married in 1910 in Northam, WA and settled in Kellerberrin where they raised their family and Walter was a Farmer.
Sydney worked as a Clerk and in 1946 in Perth WA married Betty May Payne (b1926 in Perth, WA). Sydney and Betty settled in Perth WA where Sydney was a Clerk. Betty died in 2005 and Sydney in 2018.
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