James Pat STEFFAN

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Service Numbers:	W59765, 429643
Enlisted:	25 February 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 467 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 5 January 1924
Home Town:	Mount Lawley, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	Christian Brothers High School, Highgate, Western Australia
Occupation:	Messenger, Department of Army, Western Command
Died:	Flying Battle, France, 8 July 1944, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Courgent Communal Cemetery, France Grave 1. The seven crew of Lancaster LM338 comprise all of the CWGC graves in this cemetery. The aircraft crash site is a bare 100m away.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

25 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Private, W59765, 28 Infantry Battalion AMF
25 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W59765, 28 Infantry Battalion AMF
13 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 429643
8 Jul 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 429643, No. 467 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Lancaster LM338 Lost on Ops

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