PEARSON, Bertie Clifford James
Service Number: | 402978 |
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Enlisted: | 11 November 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 32 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Berrigan, New South Wales, Australia, 16 August 1917 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Ashfield Junior Technical College |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Camden, New South Wales, Australia, 26 January 1943, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Camden War Cemetery Plot E Row A Grave 13 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
11 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 402978 | |
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26 Jan 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, 402978, No. 32 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of John Cecil Pearson 5.4.1885 ~ 3.2.1961 and Ruby Olive (McConnachy) Pearson 2.9.1887 ~ 2.10.1960) of Canterbury.
32SQN Lockheed Hudson A16-152 (info from Baugher - USAF aircraft #41-23222) crashed at The Oaks auxiliary airfield south-west of Camden while on a cross-country training flight - all crew onboard were killed: Flight Sergeant Scott 402996 (Pilot) / Flight Sergeant Johns 407122 (Navigator) / Flight Sergeant Pearson 402978 (W/T Operator) / Flight Sergeant Voyzey 402930 / Sergeant Lawson 412545