VINCENT ARTHUR DORAN
KILLED IN JAPANESE BOMBING RAID
ON DARWIN RAAF AIRFIELD, NT ON 27 APRIL 1942

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Name: Vincent Arthur DORAN

Age: 30 years

Date of Birth: 28-11-1911

Place of Birth: Box Hill - Victoria

Occupation: Serviceman - Australian Army ~ Truck Driver

Date of Death: 27-04-1942

Cause of Death: enemy bombing - ground battle

Place of Death: Berrimah - N.T.

Date of Burial: 27-04-1942 & 03-11-1942

Places of Burial:      R.A.A.F. Station - Darwin - N.T. Plot C - Row B - Grave 8 
   
                             Berrimah War Cemetery - Darwin - N.T. Plot G - Row C - Grave 3 
                                Adelaide River War Cemetery - N.T.

Memorial: Panel 97 Australian War Memorial

 

C.W.G.C.:

Extra Information: (Francis Cunningham Doran (F)) - (Margaret Helen Fox (M)) - (Mrs. Lucy Mavis Doran (W)) - (R.A.A.F. - 2882 - Enlisted: 10-05-1937 - Place: Laverton Vic - nok: Lucy Doran - Sergeant - Station HQ Darwin - Roll of Honour: Chelsea Vic)

Certificate Reference: (b: 1911 - 26037)

Sources: National Archives Roll of Honour Nominal Roll WWII

 

Japanese bombing raid on Darwin RAAF airfield on 27 April 1942

 

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