~~~GRIEVE, Keith_ Royal Australian Air Force_RAAF_ World War Two._ (Service)~~~~~
Parents:--- William Lee Grieve and Agnes Gordon married 12th February 1908 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Wife:--- Myra Joan Davis married, 1942 in Deniliquin, New South Wales.
RAAF Service No:--- 405850
Religion:---Presbyterian
Trade/Calling:--- Well Borer / Jackaroo/ Unemployed.
Martial status:--- married
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Myra Joan Grieve, 376 Clarinda St, Parkes, New South Wales.
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 21th June 1941 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Final Rank:--- Flight Sergeant
Final Posting:---No. 100 Squadron (RAAF), Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
Fate:---Died during air operations in No. 100 Squadron Beaufort aircraft A9-204, Gasmata,Papua New Guinea, 4th September 1943.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated:--- Panel 35, Rabaul War Cemetery and Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Panel 104.
Commemorated:--- Roll of Honour: Murgon Queensland.
Details of Final Mission:---At 05.47 hours on 4th September 1943 Beaufort A9-204 took off from Gurney Strip to carry out a bombing attack on Gasmata, New Britain. The attack was carried out ay 0750 hours from an altitude of 1,500 feet. When over the Gasmata strip A9-204 was hit by anti-aircraft fire, was seen to be smoking and immediately went into a vertical dive, crashed and burst into flames. No crew members were seen to bale out and eye witnesses reported that there would have been no chance of any survivors.
In 1948 a RAAF search party located the wreckage of A9-204. It had crashed in mangrove swamp on the coast of New Britain about 3 miles north east of Gasmata. A thorough search could not locate the remains of any of the crew. The aircraft which was completely wrecked exploded on impact and all the crew would have been killed instantly.
The crew members of A9-204 were:
Flying Officer Thomas Hessey Allanson (415106) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Keith Grieve (405850) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Mervyn Noel Keehn (405193) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Flight Sergeant Dennis Hamlin Webb (405458) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Parents:--- William Lee Grieve and Agnes Gordon married 12th February 1908 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Wife:--- Myra Joan Davis married, 1942 in Deniliquin, New South Wales.
RAAF Service No:--- 405850
Religion:---Presbyterian
Trade/Calling:--- Well Borer / Jackaroo/ Unemployed.
Martial status:--- married
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Myra Joan Grieve, 376 Clarinda St, Parkes, New South Wales.
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 21th June 1941 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Final Rank:--- Flight Sergeant
Final Posting:---No. 100 Squadron (RAAF), Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
Fate:---Died during air operations in No. 100 Squadron Beaufort aircraft A9-204, Gasmata,Papua New Guinea, 4th September 1943.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated:--- Panel 35, Rabaul War Cemetery and Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Panel 104.
Commemorated:--- Roll of Honour: Murgon Queensland.
Details of Final Mission:---At 05.47 hours on 4th September 1943 Beaufort A9-204 took off from Gurney Strip to carry out a bombing attack on Gasmata, New Britain. The attack was carried out ay 0750 hours from an altitude of 1,500 feet. When over the Gasmata strip A9-204 was hit by anti-aircraft fire, was seen to be smoking and immediately went into a vertical dive, crashed and burst into flames. No crew members were seen to bale out and eye witnesses reported that there would have been no chance of any survivors.
In 1948 a RAAF search party located the wreckage of A9-204. It had crashed in mangrove swamp on the coast of New Britain about 3 miles north east of Gasmata. A thorough search could not locate the remains of any of the crew. The aircraft which was completely wrecked exploded on impact and all the crew would have been killed instantly.
The crew members of A9-204 were:
Flying Officer Thomas Hessey Allanson (415106) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Keith Grieve (405850) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Mervyn Noel Keehn (405193) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Flight Sergeant Dennis Hamlin Webb (405458) (Wireless Air Gunner)
~~~GRIEVE, Keith_ Royal Australian Air Force_RAAF_ World War Two._ (Service)~~~~~
Parents:--- William Lee Grieve and Agnes Gordon married 12th February 1908 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Wife:--- Myra Joan Davis married, 1942 in Deniliquin, New South Wales.
RAAF Service No:--- 405850
Religion:---Presbyterian
Trade/Calling:--- Well Borer / Jackaroo/ Unemployed.
Martial status:--- married
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Myra Joan Grieve, 376 Clarinda St, Parkes, New South Wales.
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 21th June 1941 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Final Rank:--- Flight Sergeant
Final Posting:---No. 100 Squadron (RAAF), Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
Fate:---Died during air operations in No. 100 Squadron Beaufort aircraft A9-204, Gasmata,Papua New Guinea, 4th September 1943.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated:--- Panel 35, Rabaul War Cemetery and Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Panel 104.
Commemorated:--- Roll of Honour: Murgon Queensland.
Details of Final Mission:---At 05.47 hours on 4th September 1943 Beaufort A9-204 took off from Gurney Strip to carry out a bombing attack on Gasmata, New Britain. The attack was carried out ay 0750 hours from an altitude of 1,500 feet. When over the Gasmata strip A9-204 was hit by anti-aircraft fire, was seen to be smoking and immediately went into a vertical dive, crashed and burst into flames. No crew members were seen to bale out and eye witnesses reported that there would have been no chance of any survivors.
In 1948 a RAAF search party located the wreckage of A9-204. It had crashed in mangrove swamp on the coast of New Britain about 3 miles north east of Gasmata. A thorough search could not locate the remains of any of the crew. The aircraft which was completely wrecked exploded on impact and all the crew would have been killed instantly.
The crew members of A9-204 were:
Flying Officer Thomas Hessey Allanson (415106) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Keith Grieve (405850) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Mervyn Noel Keehn (405193) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Flight Sergeant Dennis Hamlin Webb (405458) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Parents:--- William Lee Grieve and Agnes Gordon married 12th February 1908 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Wife:--- Myra Joan Davis married, 1942 in Deniliquin, New South Wales.
RAAF Service No:--- 405850
Religion:---Presbyterian
Trade/Calling:--- Well Borer / Jackaroo/ Unemployed.
Martial status:--- married
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Myra Joan Grieve, 376 Clarinda St, Parkes, New South Wales.
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 21th June 1941 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Final Rank:--- Flight Sergeant
Final Posting:---No. 100 Squadron (RAAF), Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
Fate:---Died during air operations in No. 100 Squadron Beaufort aircraft A9-204, Gasmata,Papua New Guinea, 4th September 1943.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated:--- Panel 35, Rabaul War Cemetery and Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Panel 104.
Commemorated:--- Roll of Honour: Murgon Queensland.
Details of Final Mission:---At 05.47 hours on 4th September 1943 Beaufort A9-204 took off from Gurney Strip to carry out a bombing attack on Gasmata, New Britain. The attack was carried out ay 0750 hours from an altitude of 1,500 feet. When over the Gasmata strip A9-204 was hit by anti-aircraft fire, was seen to be smoking and immediately went into a vertical dive, crashed and burst into flames. No crew members were seen to bale out and eye witnesses reported that there would have been no chance of any survivors.
In 1948 a RAAF search party located the wreckage of A9-204. It had crashed in mangrove swamp on the coast of New Britain about 3 miles north east of Gasmata. A thorough search could not locate the remains of any of the crew. The aircraft which was completely wrecked exploded on impact and all the crew would have been killed instantly.
The crew members of A9-204 were:
Flying Officer Thomas Hessey Allanson (415106) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Keith Grieve (405850) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Mervyn Noel Keehn (405193) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Flight Sergeant Dennis Hamlin Webb (405458) (Wireless Air Gunner)
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