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BETTS, Ernest George
Personal Details
Service Number: | 146312 |
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Enlisted: | 6 January 1944 |
Last Rank: | Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots |
Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 16 August 1918 |
Home Town: | Newport, Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 29 September 1944, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
North Rockhampton Cemetery, Qld Plot A. Row C. Grave 1, Rockhampton War Cemetery, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 146312 | |
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6 Jan 1944: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), RAAF Ground Training Schools | |
6 Jan 1944: | Enlisted 146312, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots | |
29 Sep 1944: | Involvement Aircraftman, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of George Henry and Aimee Betts
Husband of Janet Wilson Betts of Sydney, NSW
AC Ernest George Betts 146312 of Number 1 Flying Boat Repair Depot died of injuries sustained in a train accident near Kunwarara Station, 46 miles north of Rockhampton, QLD