LEST WE FORGET
Wing Commander James Cecil STEVENSON
Service No: 305
Born: 21 March 1914, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 1 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Station Laverton VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Aircraft Deport Spitfire aircraft Capstan BS187), Port Phillip Bay, 1 December 1942, Aged 28 Years
Cremated: Springvale Crematorium, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of the Right Revd. William Henry Webster Stevenson and Katherine Saumarez Stevenson, of Grafton, New South Wales, Australia. B.A. (Maths. Hons.), B.Sc. (Brisbane)
Roll of Honour: Grafton NSW
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 1 December 1942, Capstan BS187 flown by Wing Commander Stevenson crashed into Port Phillip Bay near Point Cook and he was killed.
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, 163/57/248