Max Milson BETTINGTON

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BETTINGTON, Max Milson

Service Number:	412306
Enlisted:	22 June 1941
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	No. 466 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Merriwa, New South Wales, Australia, 23 October 1921
Home Town:	Merriwa, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Tudor House, Moss Vale & Kings School , Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Assistant Station Manager
Died:	Flying Battle, France, 3 June 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Dreux Communal Cemetery, France Row 1, Joint Grave 31
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Warrant Officer, 412306
22 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Sydney, New South Wales
22 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 412306
16 Oct 1941:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, 412306, Embarked Sydney for Canada & the United Kingdom
23 May 1943:	Wounded Royal Australian Air Force, 412306, No. 466 Squadron (RAAF), Injured - cuts & abrasions due to enemy action, SSQ Bournemouth
3 Jun 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, 412306, No. 466 Squadron (RAAF), Wireless Operator

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Max Milson BETTINGTON was born on 23rd October, 1921 in "Terragong", Merriwa, NSW

His parents were William John Hershall BETTINGTON & Alice Elliot MILSON who married in Sydney in 1919

He had previous service for 4 years in the Kings School Cadets at Parramatta and enlisted on 22nd June 1941 in Sydney with the Royal Australian Air Force - his last rank was wireless operator in the 466 Squadron

Max died in a Flying Battle in France on 3rd June 1944 - he was missing in air operations and his death was presumed at the time. He was in a Halifax Aircraft HX271

He is buried in the Creux Communal Cemetery in Dreux, France, Row 1, Joint Grave 31

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Roll of Honour in Merriwa & his Mother donated a pair of brass candlesticks for the altar at the Holy Trinity Church in Merriwa - they were dedicated by the Bishop of Newcastle, Dr Francis de Witt Batty

HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY & NOBLY DONE

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His brother Gordon Brindley BETTINGTON (SN N289330) also served in WW2 in the Army and was discharged in 1944

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