GOLDIE, Peter Charles-Herbert
| Service Number: | 406450 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 December 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | London, England, 20 August 1921 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Kalgoorlie Central School, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Assayer |
| Died: | Flying Battle, North Sea off France, 9 January 1942, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Crozon Communal Cemetery, Crozon, Brittany, France Plot 12, Row 5, Grave 7. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Kalgoorlie Hospital Memorial Rose Garden |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 406450 | |
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| 9 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 406450 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Manchester L7322 of 207SQN RAF was part of a bombing mission against German shipping at the port of Brest, including the German Navy Kriegsmarine capital ships (battleship or battlecruiser) Scharnhorst and Gneisenau
After completing the bombing run the aircraft crashed into the North Sea off the French coast near Crozon, Finistere, France with all crew killed:
Seymour, William Rex (Sergeant) 407808 RAAF (body washed ashore, buried in France)
Goldie, Peter Charles Herbert (Sergeant) 406450 RAAF (body washed ashore, buried in France)
Toohill, Noel Messines (Sergeant) 404786 RAAF (body not recovered - commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Bayley, George Reginald (Flying Officer) RAF 88024
Griffiths, Richard Vivian (Sergeant) RAF 1180830
Harris, Alexander Gordon (Sergeant) RAF 920869
Jones, John Elias DFM (Sergeant) RAF 551817