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STIRLING, James McLaren
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 405427 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 29 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 75 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Pittsworth, Queensland, Australia, 8 April 1921 |
| Home Town: | Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, New Guinea, 27 January 1944, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lae Memorial, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea Panel 6 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lae Memorial, Pittsworth WW2 Honour Dead Roll of Honour, Wahroonga Knox Grammar School Old Boys' War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 405427 | |
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| 29 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
| 29 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 405427, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 27 Jan 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 405427, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
75SQN RAAF Kittyhawk aircraft A29-103 flown by Pilot Officer Stirling 405427 and A29-530 flown by Flying Officer Hunt 412078 collided during strafing operations against enemy positions and crashed near Jomba (Yomba) Island which is about two miles south-east of Madang, New Guinea
Flying Officer Hunt is buried in Lae War Cemetery
Pilot Officer Stirling is commemorated on the Lae Memorial as his body was not recovered. He has an entry in the book "Those Other Eagles" by Christopher Shores