Wesley Hirst BETTS

BETTS, Wesley Hirst

    Service Number: 410209
    Enlisted: 5 December 1941
    Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
    Last Unit: No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Carlton Victoria Australia , 19 April 1922
    Home Town: Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Perth Western Australia , 7 January 2005, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    5 Dec 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 410209
    5 Dec 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 410209, No. 4 Initial Training School Victor Harbor
    28 Jan 1942: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman
    12 Nov 1942: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer
    15 Jan 1943: Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 410209, Emb. Melbourne
    12 May 1943: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer
    20 Jul 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 410209, Operational Training Units (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
    6 Feb 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 410209, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
    12 May 1944: Imprisoned Air War NW Europe 1939-45, POW Luft III Released by Russian Forces
    12 Nov 1944: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant
    17 Nov 1945: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 410209
    Date unknown: Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 410209, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)

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