Ivan Lapen STOWDOR

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Service Number:	2474
Enlisted:	26 October 1939, Laverton, Vic.
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	No. 14 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Parkside, SA, 21 November 1914
Home Town:	Bowden, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrical Fitter
Died:	Aircraft accident, Mount Torbreck, Victoria, Australia, 16 May 1940, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia Grave Ref: Path 46. South. Grave 8556.
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

26 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 2474, No. 14 Squadron (RAAF), Laverton, Vic.

Date unknown:	Involvement

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He was previously commemorated on the Sydney Memorial; his name will be removed when the appropriate panel is next replaced.

Killed in the loss of RAAF Avro Anson A4-4 of 14SQN near Mount Torbreck, Victoria

Crew - Flying Officer Anthony Daniel 243 / Corporal Francis Hyland 3515 / Corporal Herman Sass 2560 / Corporal Ivan Stowdor 2474