
ALEXANDER, James Norman
Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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Enlisted: | 16 January 1939 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 27 April 1920 |
Home Town: | Strathfield, Strathfield, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Laverton, Victoria, Australia, 15 January 1940, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: |
Randwick General Cemetery, New South Wales C of E Plot Section Y Grave 32 |
Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
16 Jan 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer | |
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3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Pilot Officer Alexander (no service number allocated, pre-war enlistment) and Sergeant Platt (service number 1791) were killed when Wirraway aircraft A20-20 of Number 21 Squadron crashed 2 miles north of Laverton Airbase in Victoria
Pilot Officer Alexander was buried in Randwick General Cemetery
Sergeant Platt is commemorated on Panel 5 of the NSW Cremation Memorial in Sydney