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BEATTIE, Roy McDowall
Personal Details
Service Number: | 404228 |
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Enlisted: | 19 July 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | No. 24 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 20 August 1920 |
Home Town: | Lagoon Pocket, Gympie Regional Council, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Railway clerk |
Died: | Flying Battle, Borneo, 2 July 1945, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery Coll. grave 18. D. 6-15. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gympie WW2, Imbil War Memorial, Kandanga Cemetery Memorial, Lagoon Pocket Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
19 Jul 1940: | Enlisted 404228, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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19 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 404228 | |
20 Jul 1940: | Involvement Flying Officer, 404228, No. 142 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 | |
2 Jul 1945: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 404228, No. 24 Squadron (RAAF), Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945 |
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"404228 Flying Officer (later Flight Lieutenant) Roy McDowall Beattie RAAF, 142 Squadron, RAF, of Gympie Qld, ...Distinguished Flying Medal. Flt Lt Beattie was lost on operations over Borneo on July 2, 1945, while flying with 24 Squadron, RAAF. He is buried in the Labuan War Cemetery in Malaysia." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)