Ivan Lapen STOWDOR

STOWDOR, Ivan Lapen

Service Number: 2474
Enlisted: 26 October 1939, Laverton, Vic.
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: No. 14 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Parkside, SA, 21 November 1914
Home Town: Bowden, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Electrical Fitter
Died: Aircraft accident, Mount Torbreck, Victoria, Australia, 16 May 1940, aged 25 years
Cemetery: North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia
Grave Ref: Path 46. South. Grave 8556.
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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Non Warlike Service

26 Oct 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 2474, No. 14 Squadron (RAAF), Laverton, Vic.

World War 2 Service

Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was previously commemorated on the Sydney Memorial; his name will be removed when the appropriate panel is next replaced.

Killed in the loss of RAAF Avro Anson A4-4 of 14SQN near Mount Torbreck, Victoria

Crew - Flying Officer Anthony Daniel 243 / Corporal Francis Hyland 3515 / Corporal Herman Sass 2560 / Corporal Ivan Stowdor 2474