MANT, James Alexander
Service Number: | 5799 |
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Enlisted: | 9 January 1940 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, 30 December 1916 |
Home Town: | Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Toowoomba, Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 7 April 1942, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lutwyche Cemetery WW2 Cremation Commemorations |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 5799 | |
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9 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 5799 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Sergeant Robert Eric Fraser 405304 and Sergeant James Alexander Mant 5799 of Number 23 Squadron were killed in the loss of Wirraway A20-532 2 miles north of Toowoomba aerodrome
Sergeant Fraser was buried in Toowoomba Cemetery
Sergeant Mant was cremated at Mt Thompson Crematorium and is commemorated on the Queensland Cremation Memorial in Brisbane