Peter Benjamin DIVE

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DIVE, Peter Benjamin

Service Number:	401273
Enlisted:	5 January 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Lautoka, Fiji, 2 February 1920
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Malta, 23 December 1941, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery Protestant Section (Men's) - Plot F - Joint grave 70 , Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery, Malta
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 401273
5 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 401273

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 21 and the son of Jeffrey Cecil and Hilda Florence Dive, of East Malvern, Victoria, Australia.

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Sergeant Peter Benjamin Dive 401273 was killed when Maryland BS766 of 69 Squadron RAF crashed on landing at Luqa airfield in Malta after being attacked by enemy fighter aircraft

Crew killed: Wells, Peter Charles (Sergeant) 748775 RAF / Metcalfe, Henry Beynon (Sergeant) 653570 RAF

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