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WOOLF, Godfrey
Personal Details
Service Number: | 421345 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 421345 | |
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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. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
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