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PORTEOUS, Stanley John

Service Numbers:	410419, V48887
Enlisted:	6 December 1941, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 20 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Yunnanfu, China, 1 September 1917
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Accidental, Off Queensland Coast, Australia, 17 August 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bowen Catalina A24-24 Memorial, Sydney Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 410419
6 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 410419, No. 20 Squadron (RAAF), Melbourne, Vic.

World War 1 Service

Date unknown:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V48887, 3rd Division Army Service Corps

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Gladstone and Minnie Porteous; husband of Yvonne Jean Porteous, of Coleraine, Victoria.