Stanislaus Vincent CORCORAN

CORCORAN, Stanislaus Vincent

    Service Number: 35123
    Enlisted: 27 February 1941
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: No. 12 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, 6 August 1916
    Home Town: Chatswood, Willoughby, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Flying Battle, Mount Litchfield Station, Northern Territory, Australia , Near Anson Bay, Northern Territory, 3 October 1942, aged 26 years
    Cemetery: Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory
    R.B.3., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Fallen Staff of the Rural Commonwealth Bank WW2
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 35123
    27 Feb 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, RAAF Ground Training Schools
    27 Feb 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 35123, No. 12 Squadron (RAAF)
    3 Oct 1942: Involvement Sergeant, No. 12 Squadron (RAAF)

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Son of John Denis and Catherine Corcoran of Chatswood, NSW

     

    Sergeant Stanislaus Vincent Corcoran 35123 and Flying Officer Peter Roger Forrest Hughes 412145 were the crew of Wirraway A20-503 of Number 12 Squadron RAAF

    The aircraft left Batchelor Strip at 1050hrs on an anti-submarine sortie between Darwin and Cape Forde but didn’t return. Following a 24 hour search, wreckage was sighted crashed near Mount Litchfield Station in the Northern Territory.

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