Vincent Arthur DORAN

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Service Number:	2882
Enlisted:	10 May 1937
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	RAAF Station Darwin
Born:	Box Hill, Victoria, Australia, 28 November 1911
Home Town:	North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Ground Battle, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , Berrimah, Northern Territory, Australia, 27 April 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT G.C.3. , Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

10 May 1937:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, RAAF Ground Training Schools
10 May 1937:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 2882
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 2882
27 Apr 1942:	Involvement Sergeant, RAAF Station Darwin, Station Headquarters Darwin

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Son of Francis Cunningham Doran and Margaret Helen Doran

Husband of Lucy Mavis Doran of North Melbourne, Victoria

Four RAAF personnel were killed in an enemy air-raid on the Darwin aerodrome -

Sergeant Douglas Charles Ellis Upjohn 411267 of 13 Squadron

Sergeant John Brian Rohr 411263 of 13 Squadron

Sergeant Vincent Arthur Doran 2882 of Station Headquarters Darwin

Corporal Francis Kenneth Lewis 17280 of Station Headquarters Darwin

(details from book “The 13 Squadron Story” - Lewis is not mentioned by name, book quotes four personnel KIA in raid and names Upjohn, Rohr & Doran)