DORAN, Vincent Arthur
Service Number: | 2882 |
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Enlisted: | 10 May 1937 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | RAAF Station Darwin |
Born: | Box Hill, Victoria, Australia, 28 November 1911 |
Home Town: | North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Butcher |
Died: | Ground Battle, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , Berrimah, Northern Territory, Australia, 27 April 1942, aged 30 years |
Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT G.C.3. , Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
10 May 1937: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, RAAF Ground Training Schools | |
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10 May 1937: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 2882 | |
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 2882 | |
27 Apr 1942: | Involvement Sergeant, RAAF Station Darwin, Station Headquarters Darwin |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Francis Cunningham Doran and Margaret Helen Doran
Husband of Lucy Mavis Doran of North Melbourne, Victoria
Four RAAF personnel were killed in an enemy air-raid on the Darwin aerodrome -
Sergeant Douglas Charles Ellis Upjohn 411267 of 13 Squadron
Sergeant John Brian Rohr 411263 of 13 Squadron
Sergeant Vincent Arthur Doran 2882 of Station Headquarters Darwin
Corporal Francis Kenneth Lewis 17280 of Station Headquarters Darwin
(details from book “The 13 Squadron Story” - Lewis is not mentioned by name, book quotes four personnel KIA in raid and names Upjohn, Rohr & Doran)