Mervyn Lee BERTHELSEN

BERTHELSEN, Mervyn Lee

    Service Number: 426451
    Enlisted: 22 June 1942
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: No. 25 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Maryborough, Queensland, Australia , 7 March 1924
    Home Town: Pialba, Fraser Coast, Queensland
    Schooling: Maryborough High School
    Occupation: Butcher
    Died: Aircraft Accident, Pearce, Western Australia , Pearce, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 28 March 1944, aged 20 years
    Cemetery: Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia
    Plot N. Row C. Gravesite 15., Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    22 Jun 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 426451
    28 Mar 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 426451, No. 25 Squadron (RAAF)

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    Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

    Mervyn Lee BERTHELSEN was born in Maryborough, Queensland on 7th March, 1924

    His parents were Christian Albert BERTHELSEN & Alice Beatrice WILSCHEFSKI

    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Flight Sergeant George Owen Crichton 415893 and Sergeant Mervin Lee Berthelsen 426451 were killed when Vultee Vengeance A27-249 of 25SQN RAAF crashed near Pearce, Western Australia

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