STONE, William Edwin
Service Number: | 18549 |
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Enlisted: | 18 September 1940 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 8 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 February 1921 |
Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Ground Battle, Singapore, 17 January 1942, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Singapore Memorial Kranji, Singapore Column 422 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 18549 | |
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18 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 18549, No. 8 Squadron (RAAF) | |
18 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 18549 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Leading Aircraftman William Edwin Stone 18549 of 8SQN RAAF (Singapore Memorial) and Leading Aircraftman Maxwell Verdun Neylon 27324 of 1SQN RAAF (Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore) were killed during a Japanese air-raid on Sembawang airfield, Singapore (their deaths are mentioned in book “In the Vanguard against Japan” by E.R. (Bon) Hall in the “Glory in Chaos” set of titles)