COSTER, John Stewart
Service Numbers: | 430103, V500919 |
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Enlisted: | 1 March 1941, Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 97 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Loch, Victoria, Australia, 30 July 1924 |
Home Town: | Loch, South Gippsland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Storeman |
Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 21 March 1945, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede (Air Forces) Memorial, (Panel 284), |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
World War 2 Service
1 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 430103, No. 1 Initial Training School Somers, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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27 May 1941: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 430103, 1 Embarkation Depot, Sydney | |
13 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V500919 | |
8 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 430103 | |
21 Mar 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 430103, No. 97 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles Stewart and Rosamond(nee Michie) Coster
School subjects studied were: Geometry, Trigonometry, Arithmetic, French, Drawing, English, History, Geography, Physic, Science.
Sports played,: Golf, Tennis
Plane was lost when on air operations to the target of Bohlen, Germany
Medals: 1939-45 Star, French and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 193-45, Australian Service Medal