Stanley Bridson CRIBB

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Service Number:	423657
Enlisted:	18 July 1942, Enlisted at Sydney
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Blackstone, Queensland, Australia, 26 November 1915
Home Town:	Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales
Occupation:	Law Clerk
Died:	Accidental, Prestonwyne, Herefordshire, United Kingdom, 22 October 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery Plot 51, Section H, Grave T Headstone inscription reads: Today and everyday for ever your loving wife Lorraine Roll of Honour -Ipswich,QLD, Haycombe Cemetery, Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 423657
18 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 423657, Enlisted at Sydney
15 Apr 1943:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 423657, Embarked for UK

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Son of Thomas Bridson Cribb and Mary Cribb of Ipswich, QLD; husband of Elsie Lorraine Cribb of Sydney, NSW

24 May 1940 - Stanley and Elsie were married

Plane was Stirling EF 352 was involved in a cross country flight when it crashed near Rosamaunde Farm

School subjects passed - English, History, Maths. Failed Frech, Latin, Maths 11

Sports played - Football, Boxing, Cricket, Rowing, Tennis, Golf