Stewart DEVINE

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Service Number:	347
Enlisted:	4 September 1939
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 36 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Glen Huntly, Victoria, Australia, 28 October 1903
Home Town:	Warragul, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling:	State School System Victoria - Merit Certificate
Occupation:	Service Car Proprietor
Died:	Flying Accident, Port Moresby, New Guinea, 14 September 1942, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 2. Row C. Grave 6. Inscription: "TO HIGHER SERVICE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warragul War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 347
4 Sep 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, RAAF Point Cook
14 Sep 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 347, No. 36 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45
Date unknown:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 347, No. 36 Squadron (RAAF)

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Douglas DC2 A30-5 from Number 36 Squadron RAAF crashed near Seven Mile Runway, Moresby with all on board killed:

FOERS, Frank Harold (LAC) 40432 RAAF

DALLY, John Douglas (Sergeant) 413356 RAAF

DEVINE, Stewart (Flight Lieutenant) 347 RAAF

BEITZ, Gordon Thomas (Sergeant) 414637 RAAF

Master Sergeant Alber 600805 US Military

The loss of this aircraft is covered in the book “Allied Air Transport Operations South West Pacific Area in WWII - Volume 1” by Robert H. Kelly