Godfrey WOOLF

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Service Number:	421345
Enlisted:	31 January 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 97 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Macksville, New South Wales, Australia, 4 January 1924
Home Town:	Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Crown St Public School, Bellevue Hill Public School, Bathurst Public School and Newington College, Stanmore.
Occupation:	Junior Salesman employed by Anthony Herdern & Sons
Died:	Flying Battle, North West Europe, 2 January 1944, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany Burial reference: - Plot 6. Row A. Grave 19. Personal Inscription: - "EVER REMEMBERED".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 421345
31 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 421345, No. 97 Squadron (RAF), Enlisted at Sydney
31 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 421345
15 Jan 1943:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 421345, No. 97 Squadron (RAF), Embarked for overseas
2 Jan 1944:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 421345, No. 97 Squadron (RAF), Killed during air operations over Germany.

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Son of Samuel and Dora Woolf of Rose Bay, NSW

Plane was Lancaster JA 960 and was lost while on air operations targeting Berlin when it crashed into Bushausen Hill north west of La Calamine

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