Stanley James MILLER

MILLER, Stanley James

    Service Number: 420699
    Enlisted: 9 November 1941
    Last Rank: Flying Officer
    Last Unit: No. 8 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia , 16 November 1919
    Home Town: Auburn, Auburn, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk, J. Blackwood & Sons.
    Died: Aircraft Accident, New Guinea, 25 December 1943, aged 24 years
    Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
    CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 3. Row E. Grave 7. Inscription: "HE HAD FRIENDLY WORDS FOR EACH. HE DIED DELOVED BY ALL. MIZPAH.".
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flying Officer, 420699
    9 Nov 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 420699
    25 Dec 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 420699, No. 8 Squadron (RAAF), Died when aircraft crashed on landing at Vivigani Airfield, Goodenough Island.

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    Beaufort A9-444 of Number 8 Squadron crashed on landing at Vivigani airstrip, Goodenough Island, New Guinea upon return from a bombing mission with all crew killed:

    Flight Sergeant Barry Cameron White 418030 / Flying Officer Stanley James Miller 420699 / Flying Officer Theodore Victor Benno Kleinig 416433 / Pilot Officer Edwin John Turk 428376

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