Peter Kirk Crombie (1922 - 1942)

Born 24 Jan 1922 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Ancestors

Died 2 Oct 1942 at age 20 in At Sea, off Coast of Victoria, Australia

Biography

PETER KIRK CROMBIE ^[1] (Crombie-241)

PARENTS. James Crombie & Amy Gladys Kirk (Flower) Crombie

BIRTH. 24 Jan 1922, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

WWII Service Record:

Name CROMBIE, PETER KIRK

Service Royal Australian Air Force

Service Number 408972

Date of Birth 24 Jan 1922

Place of Birth BRISBANE, QLD

Date of Enlistment 21 Jun 1941

Locality on Enlistment Unknown

Place of Enlistment MELBOURNE, VIC

Next of Kin CROMBIE, JAMES

Date of Death 2 Oct 1942

Rank Sergeant

Posting on Death 1 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT BAIRNSDALE

WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display

Prisoner of War No

Roll of Honour Unknown

(Oct 1942). REPORTED MISSING. SERGT. PILOT. P. CROMBIE. An R.A.A.F. bomber carrying a crew of four sergeants, three of whom were Queenslanders, has been reported missing. The plane set out on a night flying exercise to seaward, but did not return, and is now presumed lost. The crew included Sergeant Peter Kirk Crombie (20), formerly of Longreach and Fitzroy (Victoria). He is a son of Mrs. Crombie (Beryl, Longreach) and the late Mr. James Crombie. Sergeant Crombie was fully trained in Australia and held the bronze medal of the Royal Life Saving Society. Before enlisting in June of last year he was a clerk and was well-known in Central Western Queensland.

DEATH. 2 Oct 1942, At Sea, off Coast of Victoria, Australia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission:

Sergeant CROMBIE, PETER KIRK

Service Number 408972

Died 02/10/1942

Aged 20

Royal Australian Air Force

Son of James and Amy Gladys Kirk Crombie, of Longreach, Queensland.

Commemorated at SYDNEY MEMORIAL

Location: New South Wales, Australia

Cemetery/memorial reference: Panel 6.

REMEMBERED AT. Sydney Memorial Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales, Australia

Sergeant Peter Kirk Crombie

BIRTH 24 Jan 1922 Brisbane, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia

DEATH 2 Oct 1942

PLOT Panel 6.

MEMORIAL ID 18396522

REMEMBERED AT. Beryl Cemetery ^[2]

Inscription on plaque:

Sgt. Pilot Peter Kirk Crombie RAAF / Born 24th January, 1923 / Missing 2nd October 1942

Sources

1. ↑ PHOTOGRAPH: Peter Kirk Crombie: from Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre: https://ehive.com/collections/3492/objects/150789/negative-peter-kirk-crombie
2. ↑ Beryl Cemetery: Tales from Bush Graves, pp31-32, By Anne Alloway, Roberta Morrison: http://bit.ly/2CWJtpx

• WWII Service Record: http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=R&veteranId=1013227

• (Oct 1942). REPORTED MISSING: The Longreach Leader (Qld. : 1923 - 1954) Sat 17 Oct 1942, Page 10: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/125066665

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2225846/crombie,-peter-kirk/

• REMEMBERED AT: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18396522/peter-kirk-crombie