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BETTS, Harold George
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX86372 |
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Enlisted: | 28 January 1942 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/6th Independent Company / Cavalry Commando Squadron |
Born: | Hillgrove, New South Wales, Australia, 21 August 1918 |
Home Town: | New Lambton, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Glass Worker |
Died: | Killed in Action, Papua New Guinea, 20 September 1943, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery Plot IA, Row A, Grave 1. Personal Inscription: - "EVER REMEMBERED DARLING...TILL WE MEET AGAIN...REST ON PEACE". |
Memorials: | Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX86372, 2nd/6th Independent Company / Cavalry Commando Squadron | |
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28 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX86372 |
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