Vincent Edward GROGAN

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GROGAN, Vincent Edward

Service Number:	55573
Enlisted:	9 May 1942
Last Rank:	Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Repair and Servicing Units
Born:	Beulah, Victoria, Australia, 13 April 1920
Home Town:	Curyo, Buloke, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Aircraft accident, Coral Sea, New Guinea, 22 April 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Port Moresby Memorial, Port Moresby, Papua, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birchip War Memorial, Curyo Memorial Gates, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 55573
9 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 55573, Repair and Servicing Units
9 May 1942:	Enlisted 55573

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Empire Flying Boat VH-ADU operated by Qantas crashed during an emergency landing on the open sea near Port Moresby - the following personnel were not able to be rescued and they are commemorated on the Port Moresby Memorial

PHILLIPS, Theodore John (Pilot Officer) 267520 (Aircrew)

BARTLEY, Walter Robert (Pilot Officer) 267521 (Aircrew)

HARRIS, James Abraham (AC) 423531

GROGAN, Vincent Edward (AC) 55573

STEPHENS, Alan Reginald (AC) 59312

ELLIS, Alfred James (LAC) 32238

FLANAGAN, Ernest Alfred (LAC) 51288

GRADY, Ernest John (Sergeant) 37501

NICHOLSON, Donald William (Corporal) 50337

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