Arthur Leslie BETTERIDGE

Badge Number: S15932, Sub Branch: Henley and Grange
S15932

BETTERIDGE, Arthur Leslie

Service Numbers: 226, SX2508
Enlisted: 30 April 1940
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 9th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Port Augusta, SA, 12 October 1899
Home Town: Salisbury, Salisbury, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Station hand
Died: Daw Park, SA, 11 November 1972, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Buried as Arthur Leslie BETTERIDGE-MACBEATH Derrick Gardens Path 25 Grave 239B
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Henley Beach Council WW2 Honour Roll and Addendum, Port Augusta St Augustine's Church Memorial Honor Roll
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World War 1 Service

11 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 226, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 226, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Corporal, 226

World War 2 Service

30 Apr 1940: Involvement Sapper, SX2508
30 Apr 1940: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
30 Apr 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX2508
11 Mar 1943: Discharged

World War 1 Service

Date unknown: Wounded 226, 9th Light Horse Regiment

World War 2 Service

Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography

Son of Florence and Rupert Arthur BETTERIDGE

Served in Egypt, Gallipoli and Palestine
He was captured by the Turkish on September 29, 1918 but rescued from the enemy on October 1, 1918
Returned to Australia aboard the “Dunluce Castle” in August, 1919.