COOGAN, James Stephen
| Service Number: | 1252908 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
| Born: | 1920, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Hutchins School |
| Occupation: | Apprentice |
| Died: | Killed In Action, 7 March 1941, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Stoke-Upon-Tern (St Peter) Church Cemetery, Stoke upon Tern, Shropshire, England Row E Grave 181 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Royal Air Force , Leading Aircraftman, 1252908, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James Henry and Alice Maude Coogan, of Hobart, Tasmania
I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE, I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH
Leading Aircraftsman James Stephen Coogan, who was killed when his plane crashed while night flying on patrol duty in England, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Coogan, of Clare-street, New Town. Mr. J. H. Coogan is well remembered in Launceston as a rower and footballer. His son was educated at Hutchins School, became apprenticed in the Port Line when he was 16 years of age, and left Australia in 1935 on the Port Dunedin. He received his fourth oflicer's certificate and was appointed to the Port Nicholson. He was in Australia during November, 1939. Return ing to England, he was still in the merchant service when he volunteered to take part in the evacuation of the British troops at Dunkirk. Soon after wards he joined the Royal Air Force.