BETTS, Robert Wye
Service Number: | 3604 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Lewisham, South London, England, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 20 April 1917, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Grevillers British Cemetery Grave -I. D. 9. INSCRIPTION - ONE WHO HELD WE FALL TO RISE ARE BAFFLED TO FIGHT BETTER SLEEP TO WAKE |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mildura St. Andrew's Uniting Church Gunner Robert Betts Memorial Plaque, Red Cliffs Mildura Settlers Club Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 3604, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Hessen embarkation_ship_number: A45 public_note: '' | |
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2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 3604, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , SS Hessen, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 30 and the son of William and Henriette Betts, of Paxford, Orpington, Kent.
He is remembered on the family grave at the Anglican Parish Church of Chelsfield, Kent, which is dedicated to St.Martin-of-Tours.
Inscription on his wargrave at Grevillers British Cemetery:
ONE WHO HELD WE FALL TO RISE ARE BAFFLED TO FIGHT BETTER SLEEP TO WAKE
Births Sep 1886 BETTS Robert Wye Lewisham 1d 1111