LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Samuel Vincent DOUGAN
Service No: 79118
Born: Belfast, Northern Ireland, 7 November 1908
Enlisted in the RAAF: 13 October 1942 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 2 Flying Boat Repair Unit
Died: Ground Accident, Sydney NSW, 4 April 1944, Aged 35 Years
Buried: Sydney War Cemetery, Rookwood NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Shean Dougan and Maria Isobel Johnston Dougan; husband of Stella Sophia Maud Dougan, of Brisbane, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 4 April 1944, Aircraftman Class I Dougan, a Flight Mechanic, died from injuries as a result of falling down the stairs of a flat in Sydney.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 108/4/116