Stanley Alfred GREGG

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GREGG, Stanley Alfred

Service Number:	404420
Enlisted:	16 August 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 50 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, 8 September 1919
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, off the coast of France - target Milan, Italy, 24 October 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 404420
16 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units
16 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404420, No. 50 Squadron (RAF)
24 Oct 1942:	Involvement Sergeant, No. 50 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Alfred Hamnett Gregg and Matilda May Gregg of Alderley, Queensland

Lancaster R5691 of 50SQN RAF was shot down off the coast of France near Meuvaines, Caen after take-off on a daylight bombing mission, target Milan, Italy

Sergeant Cumberland 403644 RAAF & Sergeant Philpot 403532 RAAF were buried in Bayeux Cemetery after their bodies washed ashore. The body of Sergeant Gregg 404420 RAAF was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

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