John Edward GODDARD DFC

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Service Number:	420658
Enlisted:	9 November 1941, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Heswall, England, United Kingdom, 19 December 1922
Home Town:	Brookvale, Warringah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Costing Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, Le Havre, France, 8 September 1944, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede (Air Forces) Memorial, Surrey, England Panel 256, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 420658
9 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 420658, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
15 Jan 1943:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 420658, Embarked at Melbourne for UK
18 Sep 1945:	Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 27 September 1945 on page 2073 at position 39 London Gazette 18 September 1945 on page 4643 at position 1

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Son of Son of Bertrand Decimus Goddard and Olive Lilian Kate Goddard, of Brookvale, New South Wales, Australia.

Prior to enlisting he was employed by Gilbert & Barker Alexandria

Plane was Lancaster PB 123

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