Alan Reginald STEPHENS

STEPHENS, Alan Reginald

Service Numbers: 59312, V74850
Enlisted: 21 August 1940
Last Rank: Aircraftman
Last Unit: Repair and Servicing Units
Born: Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 7 February 1917
Home Town: Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Aircraft accident, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 22 April 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 59312
21 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V74850
15 Jul 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 59312, Repair and Servicing Units
15 Jul 1942: Enlisted 59312

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Empire Flying Boat VH-ADU operated by Qantas crashed during an emergency landing on the open sea near Port Moresby - the following personnel were not able to be rescued and they are commemorated on the Port Moresby Memorial

PHILLIPS, Theodore John (Pilot Officer) 267520 (Aircrew)

BARTLEY, Walter Robert (Pilot Officer) 267521 (Aircrew)

HARRIS, James Abraham (AC) 423531

GROGAN, Vincent Edward (AC) 55573

STEPHENS, Alan Reginald (AC) 59312

ELLIS, Alfred James (LAC) 32238

FLANAGAN, Ernest Alfred (LAC) 51288

GRADY, Ernest John (Sergeant) 37501

NICHOLSON, Donald William (Corporal) 50337

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