Desmond Vincent WATSON

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WATSON, Desmond Vincent

Service Numbers:	424243, N218973
Enlisted:	23 December 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park
Born:	Bondi, New South Wales, Australia, 30 November 1923
Home Town:	Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney High School Moore Park New South Wales, Australia (1936-40)
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Aircraft struck mountain near Bra Italy while dropping supplies to partisan Italians, Luserna, Italy, 12 October 1944, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Milan War Cemetery Grave IV. B. 8, Milan War Cemetery, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 424243
23 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N218973, 1/45 Infantry Battalion AMF
15 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 424243, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park
15 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 424243
12 Oct 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 424243, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre, 31 Squadron ((SAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Sergeant Desmond Vincent Watson 424243 RAAF (Pilot) was killed in the loss of Liberator KH154 of 31 Squadron SAAF (31SQN SAAF) near Luserna, Italy - six aircraft were lost during an operation carried out by twenty crews to drop supplies to partisans in Italy.

Also killed were: Sergeant Wallace Randal YOUNG Flight Engineer / Sergeant Duncan Carswell Roland SHEARER Navigator / Sergeant Albery Ross BEST Bomb Aimer / Sergeant Harry Heald BAWDEN Wireless Operator / Sergeant Sydney Sapenne DE'LISLE Air Gunner / Sergeant James HOUGHTON Air Gunner / Sergeant Arthur Donald GRIFFIN Air Gunner

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