William Edwin STONE

STONE, William Edwin

    Service Number: 18549
    Enlisted: 18 September 1940
    Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
    Last Unit: No. 8 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 February 1921
    Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Ground Battle, Singapore, 17 January 1942, aged 20 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Singapore Memorial Kranji, Singapore Column 422
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement 18549
    18 Sep 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 18549, No. 8 Squadron (RAAF)
    18 Sep 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 18549

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Leading Aircraftman William Edwin Stone 18549 of 8SQN RAAF (Singapore Memorial) and Leading Aircraftman Maxwell Verdun Neylon 27324 of 1SQN RAAF (Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore) were killed during a Japanese air-raid on Sembawang airfield, Singapore (their deaths are mentioned in book “In the Vanguard against Japan” by E.R. (Bon) Hall in the “Glory in Chaos” set of titles)

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