Charles George WATTS

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Service Number:	423956
Enlisted:	18 July 1942
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia , 3 June 1911
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 27 January 1945, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT D.D.6.,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, McLeans Ridges Memorial Gates, Merewether Uniting Church RAAF Memorial Plaque, Nhulunbuy Wall of Remembrance

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 423956
18 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 423956, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)

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Ventura A59-84 of Number 13 Squadron RAAF crashed near Gould Strip, Batchelor, NT killing all on board:

Warrant Officer John Kay 403695 - Son of Duncan and Margaret Kay of Manly, NSW

Flight Lieutenant George Alexander Anderson 22465 - Son of William John and Ruby Georgina Marion Anderson of Dalby, Queensland

Flying Officer Nurden Anderson Chowns 426311 - Son of Francis and Helena Chowns of Nambour, Queensland

Flying Officer Charles George Watts 423956 - Son of Arthur Benjamin and Ellen Amelia Watts & Husband of Ruth Joyce Watts of Chatswood, NSW

Leading Aircraftman James David Pugh 46571 - Son of Thomas John and Mary Pugh & Husband of Dorothy Mary Pugh of Southern Cross, WA

Flying Officer Bruce Lionel Poole 425050 - Son of Lionel Arthur and Pauline Minna Poole of Coorparoo, Queensland

Parts from aircraft A59-84 are on display at the Darwin Aviation Museum