LEST WE FORGET

Flying Officer Kenneth Charles PETERS

Service No: 827
Born: Toowoomba QLD, 26 July 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 4 March 1940 (at Mascot NSW)
Unit: General Reconnaissance School, RAAF Station Laverton VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (Anson aircraft W2369), Port Phillip Bay VIC, 11 March 1942, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Cremated
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Ernest Theodore and Frances Lydia Peters, of Rose Bay, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Victoria Crematorium Memorial, Springvale VIC
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

On 11 March 1942, Avro Anson W2369 crashed into Port Phillip Bay while on a training flight from Sale to Laverton via Yanakie and Barwon Heads. All four crew members were killed. The crew members were:

Warrant Officer Robert John Barker (2931) (Third Pilot)
Aircraftman Class 1 Harold Gravell Lincoln (21892) (Wireless Operator)
Flying Officer Kenneth Charles Peters (827) (Second Pilot)
Flight Lieutenant John Langley Webb (1371) (Pilot)

References:

Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 78

Bibliography:

Wilson, S. (Stewart) Anson, Hudson and Sunderland in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1992

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