Stacey Cuthbert VON ALWYN

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VON ALWYN, Stacey Cuthbert

Service Number:	252369
Enlisted:	20 June 1940, Hobart, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Air Armament School
Born:	Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia, 19 September 1908
Home Town:	St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Geelong Grammar, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Commercial Traveller / Manager
Died:	Illness, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, 9 January 1943, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Hamilton Public Cemetery, Victoria Presbyterian Section, Grave 12
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 252369
20 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 252369, Hobart, Tasmania
9 Jan 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 252369, Air Armament School, Hamilton, Victoria

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Stacey Cuthbert VON ALWYN was born in Latrobe, Tasmania on 19th September, 1908

His parents were John Alexander VON ALWYN & Ethel Maud Mary DUNN

He married Constance Mary FUNSTON in St Marys Cathedral in Hobart on 3rd December, 1927 - one son John Edward Stacey VON ALWYN

He had previously served for 8 years with the 12/50 Battalion in Launceston before he enlisted in Hobart on 20th June 1940 to serve in the Air Force during WW2

Stacey died in hospital after surgery for appendicitis on 9th January, 1943

"GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN - LEST WE FORGET"

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