BARTY, Bernard Keith
Service Number: | 2380 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | HQ North Eastern Area Command (RAAF) |
Born: | Newport, Victoria, Australia, 17 December 1907 |
Home Town: | Williamstown, Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Motor Vehicle), Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 28 June 1944, aged 36 years |
Cemetery: |
Charters Towers Cemetery, Qld Plot A. Row B. Grave 8, Charters Towers War Cemetery, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 2380 | |
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28 Jun 1944: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, HQ North Eastern Area Command (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of David and Florence Barty
Husband of Linda Margaret Barty of Williamstown, Victoria
RAAF Vehicle 202023 (Chevrolet 1541) was involved in an accident with Army Vehicle C17069 on the evening of 28 June 1944 on the Burdekin Highway, approximately 6 miles east of Charters Towers. The vehicle was returning from a dance that had been held that evening at RAAF Breddan. Sixteen servicemen and women were severely injured, with three airwomen and a RAAF officer killed:
2380 Flight Lieutenant Bernard Keith Barty of RAAF Headquarters North Eastern Area
91885 Corporal Thelma Edith McConnell of Number 8 Stores Depot (8SD)
99391 ACW Estelle May Scaroni of Number 8 Stores Depot
90550 Sergeant Mary Catherine Wynack of Number 8 Stores Depot (passed away at 5th Australian Camp Hospital, Charters Towers)