Stanley Charles AKERS MID

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Service Number:	400767
Enlisted:	8 November 1940
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 36 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Moonee Ponds, Victoria, 26 April 1917
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Accidental, Tadji, New Guinea, 3 May 1945, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery Collective grave NN. A. 7-13., Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

8 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 400767, Melbourne, Victoria
8 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 400767, No. 36 Squadron (RAAF)
3 May 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 400767, No. 36 Squadron (RAAF)

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Son of Victor and Ruby Grace Akers, of North Essendon, Victoria.

Plane was Dakota VHCIG A65-39 of 36 Squadron

Qualified to fly: Tiger Moths, Oxford, Valentia, Hudson MK6, Lockheed 12A, Douglas DC2, Douglas DC3, Douglas C53, Douglas C47