LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Stanislaus Vincent CORCORAN
Service No: 35123
Born: Woollahra NSW, 6 August 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 27 February 1941
Unit: No. 12 Squadron
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 12 Squadron Wirraway aircraft A20-503), Pine Creek NT, 3 October 1942, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Adelaide River War Cemetery NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Denis and Catherine Corcoran, of Chatswood, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 100, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: University of Sydney World War II Roll of Honour, Camperdown NSW
Remembered: Commonwealth Bank of Australia Honour Rolls, Sydney NSW
On 3 October 1943, Wirraway A20-503 crashed at Pine Creek and both crew members were killed. Those crew members were:
Sergeant Stanislaus Vincent Corcoran (35123) (Gunner)
Pilot Officer Peter Roger Forrest Hughes (412145) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 195
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line