JAMES, Graham Stanley
| Service Number: | 416260 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 28 April 1941, Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Kersbrook, South Australia, 1 March 1918 |
| Home Town: | Kersbrook, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Aircraft accident), Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland, Australia, 5 May 1942, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tully Cemetery, Queensland, Australia Methodist Plot. Sc. 3. Sb Sc. 1. Row E Grave 77 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial, Roll of Honour, Gumeracha Our Fallen Heroes WW2 Honour Board, Kersbrook Roll of Honor |
World War 2 Service
| 28 Apr 1941: | Involvement Sergeant, SN 416260 | |
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| 28 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
RAAF Lockheed Hudson A16-162 of Number 32 Squadron experienced engine problems when it ran into a storm near Hinchinbrook Island as it returned from a long surveillance patrol in the Coral Sea
The aircraft crash-landed into some mangroves on a beach near Cardwell with only one crewmember killed: Sergeant Graham Stanley James 416260 - Son of Stanley Marden James and Elfreda Laura James of Kersbrook, SA
The rest of the crew were:
(Crew Captain) Sergeant Alwyn Ruta Samuel 405113 - discharged December 1944
Sergeant James William East 405301 - discharged January 1946
Sergeant Geoffrey Eric Fletcher 416253 - discharged June 1945
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