MORAN, Laurence Dominic
| Service Number: | 437436 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 January 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Operational Training Units (RAF) |
| Born: | Mile End, South Australia , 12 February 1924 |
| Home Town: | Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Dominican Convent Franklin Street, Christian Brothers College, Rostrevor College, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Employed at Adelaide Taxation Office |
| Died: | Accidental, United Kingdom, 30 October 1944, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom H/1 Grave 246B, |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Rostrevor College WW2 Memorial Plaques |
World War 2 Service
| 30 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 437436, No. 4 Initial Training School Victor Harbor | |
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| 30 Oct 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 437436, Operational Training Units (RAF), Empire Air Training Scheme, 21 Operational Training Unit (RAF) - Died in a training accident |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Michael Lawrence and Margaret Gertrude Moran, of Mile End, South Australia.
Advice has been received by Mrs. M. Moran, of 5 Falcon avenue Mile End. that her son, Flt-Sgt Laurence Dominic Moran, was killed at Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucester. England, on October 30, as the result of an aircraft accident during night training operations as the pilot of a Wellington bomber. Flt-Sgt. Moran, who was the only son of Mrs. Moran and the late Mr. M. L. Moran was born at Mile End, and would have celebrated his 21st birthday in February next. He joined the RAAF in January. 1943. and after preliminary training at various stations in this State, left for overseas in December. 1943. and was, to have completed his training within a day or two of his death. He received his early education at the Dominican Convent, Franklin street, and later at the Christian Brothers' College, Wakefield street and Rostrevor College. Before enlisting he was employed at the Taxation Office in Adelaide. There are six sisters.
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