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DEVITT, Laurence Michael

Personal Details

Service Numbers:	V838008, V83808, 10424
Enlisted:	4 October 1939
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 12 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 October 1921
Home Town:	Seymour, Mitchell, Victoria
Schooling:	St. Joseph's Technical College, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Fitter and Turner
Died:	Flying Battle, New Guinea, 5 March 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 7. Lae Memorial, Papua New Guinea,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lae Memorial

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World War 2 Service

4 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V838008
30 May 1940:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V83808
31 May 1940:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 10424
31 May 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 10424, No. 12 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flying Officer Timothy Felix Hayes 426223 and Flight Sergeant Laurence Michael Devitt 10424 of 12SQN RAAF were killed when Vultee Vengeance A27-209 crashed near Merauke, New Guinea

Their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Lae Memorial

Flying Officer Timothy Felix Hayes 426223 and Flight Sergeant Laurence Michael Devitt 10424 of 12SQN RAAF were killed when Vultee Vengeance A27-209 crashed near Merauke, New Guinea

Their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Lae Memorial

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• AWM, Campbell, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Panel: 100
• AWM - Roll of Honour
• CWGC - Lae Memorial
• DVA WW2 Nominal Roll Army
• Find A Grave - Lae Memorial
• Member’s NAA Casualty file
• NAA Service Record
• NAA WW2 Army Records
• RAAFA Aviation Heritage Museum
• RAF Commands
• WW2 Service - DVA Nominal Roll

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