Bernard Arnold BETTS

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BETTS, Bernard Arnold

Service Number:	74889
Enlisted:	12 January 1943
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 16 April 1924
Home Town:	Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 28 November 1978, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW
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World War 2 Service

12 Jan 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 74889
28 Feb 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 74889

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Bernard was the son of Albert McLaurin Betts (b1901 in Uralla, NSW) and Vera Marie Corbett (b1904 in Tamworth, NSW). Albert (a Guard) and Vera married in 1922 in Tamworth NSW and by 1930 had settled in Newcastle NSW where they raised their family and Albert worked as a Guard.

In January 1943 Bernard enlisted in the RAAF and was a Leading Aircraftman (Service No:74889) attached to 5 School of Tecnical Drawing when he was Discharged in February 1946. That year he married Dorothy Gwen Fraser (b1925 in Wynyard, Tasmania) in Newcastle NSW - Dorothy had also served in the RAAF (Aircraftwoman; Service No:112029). Bernard and Dorothy settled in Newcastle where Bernard worked as a Clerk. Dorothy died in 1972 and Bernard in 1975.

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