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STEPHENS, Geoffrey Ingram
Personal Details
Service Number: | O647 |
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Enlisted: | 25 June 1945 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 77 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 27 April 1927 |
Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Audit Clerk |
Died: | Flying Battle, Korea, 6 January 1951, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Busan, Korea Pilot Officer Stephens' body was never recovered and is therefore regarded as missing, presumed killed in action |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cootamundra Korean War Memorial, Korean War Memorial (Ipswich, Qld), Lithgow War Memorial, Memorial Lane Murals (Gympie, Qld) |
Service History
World War 2 Service
25 Jun 1945: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman |
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Korean War Service
25 Jun 1950: | Involvement Pilot Officer, SN O647, No. 77 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Posthumously awarded the US Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) and the US Air Medal.