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BETTINSON, Walter Edward
Personal Details
Service Number: | 21317 |
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Enlisted: | 26 November 1936 |
Last Rank: | Leading Seaman |
Last Unit: | HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
Born: | Marrickville, NSW, 8 March 1919 |
Home Town: | Auburn, Auburn, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
Service History
World War 2 Service
26 Nov 1936: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, 21317 | |
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3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 21317, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John and Charlotte Amelia Avis Bettinson; husband of June Agnes Bettinson, of Croydon, New South Wales, Australia