Stanley Joseph MARRIAGE

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MARRIAGE, Stanley Joseph

Service Number:	420697
Enlisted:	9 November 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 14 October 1911
Home Town:	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public School Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Railway Porter
Died:	Flying Battle, Oberhausen Germany, North West Europe, 15 June 1943, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 69. Row C. Coll grave 18.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coolamon St. Andrew's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Coolamon St. Andrew's WW2 Honour Roll, Coolamon War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Wagga Wagga Cenotaph

World War 2 Service

9 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 420697, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park
9 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 420697
28 Mar 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman
22 May 1942:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 420697, Emb. Melbourne for Canada
9 Oct 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant
27 Oct 1942:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 420697, Emb. Canada for U.K.
9 Apr 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant
5 Jun 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 420697, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
15 Jun 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 420697, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Joseph and Ursula Amelia Marriage; husband of Annie Kathleen Marriage, of Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.

HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE

Mrs. Marriage, of Coolamon, has been advised that her husband, Sergeant Observer S. J. Marriage, has been reported missing since aerial operations were conducted over enemy territory on the 14th June. Sergeant Marriage completed his training in Canada, from whence he proceeded to England.

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