PORTER, Sydney Larner
Service Number: | 412681 |
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Enlisted: | 20 July 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 23 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Annandale, New South Wales, Australia, 13 July 1920 |
Home Town: | Newport, Pittwater, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Produce salesman |
Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), near Hammond Island off Queensland Coast, Australia, Off Queensland Coast, Australia, 4 May 1944, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Townsville War Cemetery, Queensland, Australia E.C.1., Townsville War Cemetery, Townsville, Queensland, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Horn Island Torres Strait Honour Roll, Manly War Memorial NSW |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 412681 | |
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20 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units | |
20 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 412681 | |
4 May 1944: | Involvement Flying Officer, No. 23 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flying Officer Sydney Larner Porter (412681) and Warrant Officer Henry James Addison (413936) were killed in the loss of Vultee Vengeance A27-277 of Number 23 Squadron
Son of Carl Harwood Porter and Clara Porter
Husband of Norma Porter of Harbord, NSW
Sydney Porter's father and four uncles served in the First World War - 4544 Private Carl Horwood Porter (father of FO Sydney Porter) with the 3rd Battalion and 3454 Sergeant Robert Daniel Porter MM with the 1st Battalion both survived the war.
4546A Private Sidney George Porter of the 53rd Battalion, 1013 Private William James Porter of the 13th Battalion, and 4547 Private Albert Edward Porter of the 3rd Battalion were all killed in action.
Flying Officer Porter had three brothers who served in and survived the Second World War