Alan Scott STORER

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STORER, Alan Scott

Service Numbers:	S42195, SX32167
Enlisted:	26 January 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	109 Anti Tank / 112 Tank Attack Regiment
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 13 May 1923
Home Town:	Hyde Park, South Australia
Schooling:	Westbourne Park Infants, South Australia
Occupation:	Store Hand
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 29 June 2010, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia The South Australian Garden of Remembrance
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World War 2 Service

26 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, S42195, 108 Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment
29 Jun 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, S42195, 108 Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment
30 Jun 1943:	Involvement Gunner, SX32167
30 Jun 1943:	Involvement Gunner, S42195
30 Jun 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX32167
30 Jun 1943:	Enlisted In The Field, WA
19 Apr 1944:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Signaller, 109 Anti Tank / 112 Tank Attack Regiment
29 Jun 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Signaller, SX32167, 109 Anti Tank / 112 Tank Attack Regiment, embarked Brisbane for Wewak per Duntroon
3 Apr 1946:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Signaller, SX32167, 109 Anti Tank / 112 Tank Attack Regiment, embarked Lae for Sydney per Winchester Victory
7 May 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX32167
7 May 1946:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Signaller Alan Scott Storer (Service No:SX32167) first served with the ACMF as a Gunner (Service No:S42195) with 108 and 29 Tank Attack Regiments from 26 January 1942 to 29 June 1943. Gunner Storer enlisted in the AIF on 30 June 1943 with 2nd/1st Tank Attack Regiment and on 14 April 1944 was attached to 112 Tank Attack Regiment when he was promoted to Signaller. Signaller Storer served in New Guinea (29 June 1945 - 3 April 1946) and was Discharged on 7 May 1946.

The fourth of seven children, Alan was born in 1923 in Adelaide, South Australia to Stanley Benjamin Storer (b1886 in Adelaide, South Australia) and Alice Marsella Gladice Moloney (b1889 in Kapunda, South Australia). Stanley (a Draper) and Alice married in 1916 in Robertstown, South Australia and settled in Adelaide where they raised their family and Stanley was a Draper and Manufacturer.

Alan worked as a Store Hand in Adelaide prior to his enlistment in WWII and following his Discharge, joined the Civil Service as a Postal Officer with the Postmaster General's Department. In the late 1940s Alan married Mary (Molly) Irvin (b1925 at Port Adelaide, South Australia). Alan and Molly settled in Adelaide where they raised their family and Alan was a Civil Servant. Alan died in 2010 and Molly in 2015.

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