Albert James (Jim) BASSHAM

BASSHAM, Albert James

Service Number: 442593
Enlisted: 23 October 1943
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Barmera, South Australia, 5 February 1925
Home Town: Barmera, Berri and Barmera, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Barmera, South Australia, 10 July 2008, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Barmera (Upper Murray) Garden of Memory Cemetery
Section I; Row D; Plot 12
Memorials: Berri Oval "Diver" Derrick VC Memorial Grandstand & Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

23 Oct 1943: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 442593
23 Oct 1943: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
23 Oct 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 442593
15 Nov 1945: Discharged
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography

Father: Louis Alfred BASSHAM & Mother: Alice Pretoria HARRIP.
SA Birth Records 1907 - 1928. Book : 149A Page : 469 District : Bur.
 
23/10/1943  Enlisted in RAAF in Adelaide

15/11/1945  Discharged as a Flight Sergeant of 102 Squadron.

Last lived at 1258 Old Sturt Hwy, Barmera, SA.

His wife Daphne Fay Bassham (d. 6/6/2011 85yrs, las lived at 15 Loader St, Berri, SA) is buried with William.

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. January 2016.  Lest we forget.

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