John Louis Ward BETSON

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BETSON, John Louis Ward

Service Number:	409887
Enlisted:	7 November 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 100 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Northampton United Kingdom , 11 March 1916
Home Town:	Harrow, Southern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Truck driver
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 23 September 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany Coll. Grave 18. A. 9-12
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Harrow Flying Officer Minogue and Flight Sergeant Betson Memorial Plaque, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 409887
7 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 409887, No. 1 Initial Training School Somers, Melbourne, Vic.
7 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 409887, No. 100 Squadron (RAAF)
2 Dec 1942:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 409887, Embarked Melbourne for United Kingdom
15 Apr 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant
9 Jul 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 409887, No. 100 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John and Ida Betson; husband of Olive Maud Betson, of Harrow, Victoria, Australia.

DEARLY LOVED AND SADLY MISSED BY LOVING WIFE OLIVE. R.I.P.

Biography contributed

John Louis Ward BETSON was born in Northampton, England on 11th March, 1916

His parents were John Thomas Henry BETSON & Ida WARD who married in Northampton in 1918

He married Olive Maud GUTHERIDGE in Victoria in 1938

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