CRIBB, Stanley Bridson
| Service Number: | 423657 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1942, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | RAF Conversion Units |
| 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 Roll of Honour -Ipswich, QLD |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 423657 | |
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| 18 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 423657, RAF Conversion Units , Sydney, NSW | |
| 15 Apr 1943: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 423657, Embarked for UK |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Bridson Cribb and Mary Cribb of Ipswich, QLD; husband of Elsie Lorraine Cribb of Sydney, NSW
TODAY AND EVERY DAY FOR EVER YOUR LOVING WIFE LORRAINE
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
CRIBB, Sgt. Air Gunner Stanley Bridson.—In proud & loving memory of our dear Brother, Sgt. Air Gunner Stanley Bridson Cribb, R.A.A.F., England, killed on 22nd October, 1943, & buried at Bath, England.
Inserted by his sisters & brothers.
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