John William Pilbean GOFFAGE MBE

GOFFAGE, John William Pilbean

Service Number: 36962
Enlisted: 29 May 1941
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: Royal Australian Air Force
Born: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 26 March 1909
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Parramatta Commercial High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Film Actor
Died: Natural causes (heart attack), Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales, Australia , 27 May 1971, aged 62 years
Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
Ashes cast into his favourite fishing hole in Lovett Bay, Pittwater, NSW
Memorials: Parramatta Arthur Phillip High School WW2 Roll Of Honour
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World War 2 Service

29 May 1941: Involvement Corporal, 36962
29 May 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, 36962, Royal Australian Air Force
29 May 1941: Enlisted Sydney, NSW
29 May 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 36962
29 May 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 36962
23 Apr 1943: Discharged

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

Acted under the alias of Chips Rafferty