Bernard Keith BARTY

BARTY, Bernard Keith

Service Number: 2380
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit: HQ North Eastern Area Command (RAAF)
Born: Newport, Victoria, Australia, 17 December 1907
Home Town: Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Motor Vehicle), Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 28 June 1944, aged 36 years
Cemetery: Charters Towers Cemetery, Qld
Plot A. Row B. Grave 8, Charters Towers War Cemetery, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 2380
28 Jun 1944: Involvement Flight Lieutenant, HQ North Eastern Area Command (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of David and Florence Barty

Husband of Linda Margaret Barty of Williamstown, Victoria

 

RAAF Vehicle 202023 (Chevrolet 1541) was involved in an accident with Army Vehicle C17069 on the evening of 28 June 1944 on the Burdekin Highway, approximately 6 miles east of Charters Towers.  The vehicle was returning from a dance that had been held that evening at RAAF Breddan.  Sixteen servicemen and women were severely injured, with three airwomen and a RAAF officer killed:

2380 Flight Lieutenant Bernard Keith Barty of RAAF Headquarters North Eastern Area

91885 Corporal Thelma Edith McConnell of Number 8 Stores Depot (8SD)

99391 ACW Estelle May Scaroni of Number 8 Stores Depot

90550 Sergeant Mary Catherine Wynack of Number 8 Stores Depot (passed away at 5th Australian Camp Hospital, Charters Towers)

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