John Charles BATES

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BATES, John Charles

Service Number:	409495
Enlisted:	12 September 1941
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	No. 75 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Little River, Victoria, Australia, 28 May 1921
Home Town:	Little River, Wyndham, Victoria
Schooling:	Little River State School and Gordon Institute of Technology, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Wool Sorter for Strahan & Co, Geelong, Victoria
Died:	Flying Battle, Netherlands East Indies, 10 October 1944, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated ~ Column 9, Ambon Memorial, Ambon, Indonesia.
Memorials:	Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Little River Roll of Honor WW2

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Warrant Officer, 409495
12 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
12 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 409495, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF)
10 Oct 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 409495, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Kittyhawk fighter aircraft A29-507 and A29-577 of 75SQN RAAF were posted as missing while on patrol near Misool Island in the Netherlands East Indies - the pilots were Flight Lieutenant Alan Wallace Campbell Morrison 416186 (A29-507) and Warrant Officer John Charles Bates 409495 (A29-432) - their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Ambon Memorial

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