LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Peter Marlow COLLIER
Service No: 437396
Born: Unley SA, 6 March 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 30 January 1943
Unit: No. 86 Squadron, Bohle River, QLD
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 86 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft A29-342), Bohle River, 9 March 1945, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Townsville War Cemetery, QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George Laurence and Kate Marion Collier, of Goodwood Park. South Australia
Roll of Honour: Unley SA
Remembered: Panel 104, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 9 March 1945 while carrying out a line astern chase, Kittyhawks A29-335 and A29-342 collided over Bohle River. A29-342 crashed, killing Flight Sergeant Collier. A29-335 made a forced landing (Pilot – Warrant Officer (later Wing Commander) Leon Barry Brown (432127) (O22087) Discharged: 31 January 1975)
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, 10