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BETTS, Mark Alfred
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2170 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 July 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cherry Gardens, South Australia, 12 June 1895 |
| Home Town: | Wallaroo Mines, Copper Coast, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Dochy Farm New British Cemetery Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cherry Gardens WW1 Memorial, Cherry Gardens WW1 Roll of Honour, Kadina & District WW1 Roll of Honor, Kadina Town Hall WW1 & WW2 Roll of Honour, Kadina War Memorial Arch |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2170, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 28 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2170, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2170, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2170, 37th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2170 awm_unit: 37th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 |
World War 2 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Personal Stories
My name
Mark Betts was my great uncle, brother to my maternal grandmother Lucy Betts who married Edgar Arnold Jones, also a WW1 veteran. My mother Heather Douglas (née jones) named me Mark in remembrance of her mother's much loved brother and I am honoured to bear his name and to remember him. My mother once travelled to Belgium to see his grave and pay our family's respects.
Submitted 13 March 2018 by Mark Douglas
Biography
Son of Thomas BETTS and Margaret Isabella nee ROBERTS
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