Dean STANTON

Service Numbers: S7229, 417127

Enlisted: 23 August 1940, Gladstone, SA

Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant

Last Unit: No. 37 Squadron (RAF)

Born: Booleroo Centre, South Australia, 16 January 1922

Home Town: Laura, Northern Areas, South Australia

Schooling: Not yet discovered

Occupation: Bank Officer

Died: Natural Causes, Stokes Bay, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, 11 March 2021, aged 99 years

Cemetery: Kingscote Cemetery (Kangaroo Island), S.A.

Memorials: Booleroo Centre WW2 Roll of Honour, Parndana Kangaroo Island Ex-Servicemen Land Settlers 1939-1945 Roll

23 Aug 1940: Enlisted Gladstone, SA

23 Aug 1940: Involvement SN S7229

6 Dec 1941: Involvement Flight Lieutenant, SN 417127

6 Dec 1941: Enlisted Adelaide, SA

15 Feb 1946: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, SN 417127, No. 37 Squadron (RAF)

Date unknown: Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross

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Item details for: B884, S7229

Title : STANTON LEWIS DEAN : Service Number - S7229 : Date of birth - 16 Jan 1922 : Place of birth - BOOLEROO CENTRE SA : Place of enlistment - GLADSTONE SA : Next of Kin - STANTON Q

Contents date range 1939 - 1948

Series number B884

Control symbol S7229

Citation NAA: B884, S7229

Item ID 6338037

Location Canberra

Access status Open

Date of decision 28 Aug 2012

Physical format PAPER FILES AND DOCUMENTS (allocated at series level)

Records authority class number 1010873

Date registered 17 Sep 2002

National Archives Australia