Roy Scott BETTLES

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Service Number:	2081
Enlisted:	25 June 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bright, Victoria, 1897
Home Town:	Kew, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Bright & Dargo State Schools, Victoria
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 28 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kew War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

25 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2081, Melbourne, Victoria
26 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2081, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
26 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2081, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2081, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2081 awm_unit: 23 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-28

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Roy Scott BETTLES was born in Bright, Victoria in 1897

His parents were Alf BETTLES & Jessie Ethel SCOTT

He was Killed in Action at Pozieres in France on 28th July, 1916, only one day before his brother Charles

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Two of his brothers also served during WW1

1. Charles Leslie BETTLES (SN 1887) Killed in Action 29th July, 1916

2. Keith Alfred BETTLES (SN 288) Returned to Australia in 1918

IN MEMORY - NEVER FORGOTTEN