LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Stanley Thomas JENNINGS
Service No: 41448
Born: Carlton VIC, 23 April 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 25 June 1941
Unit: No. 109 Mobile Fighter Control Unit
Died: Ground Accident, Goodenough Island PNG, 30 October 1943, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Gladys Violet Jennings, of Windsor, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Prahran VIC
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 30 October 1943, Leading Aircraftman Jennings, a Telegraph Operator, died of gunshot wounds received while cleaning his service rifle.
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, 166/20/72