Baxter WATSON

WATSON, Baxter

    Service Number: 411417
    Enlisted: 28 April 1941
    Last Rank: Flying Officer
    Last Unit: Not yet discovered
    Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 26 June 1915
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Accidental (Aircraft accident), Tantanoola, South Australia, Australia, 14 October 1942, aged 27 years
    Cemetery: Frenchs Forest Cemetery, NSW
    C of E Plot Section B Grave 1 (GRM/2), French's Forest General Cemetery, French's Forest, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tantanoola RAAF Anson AW849 Crash Site
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flying Officer, 411417
    28 Apr 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 411417
    Date unknown: Involvement

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Flying Officer Watson 411417 of Number 6 Service Flying Training School was killed in the loss of Avro Anson AW849 which crashed 5 miles west of Tantanoola, South Australia - two other airmen on board survived:

    Sergeant John Harding Carroll 416243 DFC (discharged November 1945 with the rank of Flying Officer - 21OTU)

    Sergeant Richard Leonidas Ayres 409014 (discharged January 1946 with the rank of Flying Officer - 12SQN)

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