LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Charles John William KEITH
Service No: 414408
Born: Calais, France, 9 August 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 14 September 1941 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 1 Operational Training Unit, Bairnsdale VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Operational Training Unit Beaufort aircraft A9-70), off Bairnsdale, 7 February 1943, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles Harper Keith and Leona Josephine Keith, of Brisbane, Queensland.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 6, Sydney Memorial, Rookwood NSW
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 7 February 1943, Beaufort A9-70 went missing at sea while on an operational training exercise. The crew members of A9-70 were:
Sergeant Mervyn Bertrand Davey (416327) (Navigator)
Sergeant Peter Ernest Goldsmid (411894) (Pilot)
Sergeant Charles John William Keith (414408) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Roderick Neil McDonald (9280) (Wireless Air Gunner)
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, 243
Bibliography:
Lax, M. (Mark) (editor) Always Ready: a history of RAAF East Sale, RAAF Publications Unit Melbourne VIC, 1993
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Beaufort, Beaufighter and Mosquito in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1990