WATSON, Desmond Vincent
Service Numbers: | 424243, N218973 |
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Enlisted: | 23 December 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park |
Born: | Bondi, New South Wales, Australia, 30 November 1923 |
Home Town: | Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Sydney High School Moore Park New South Wales, Australia (1936-40) |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Aircraft struck mountain near Bra Italy while dropping supplies to partisan Italians, Luserna, Italy, 12 October 1944, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Milan War Cemetery Grave IV. B. 8, Milan War Cemetery, Milan, Lombardy, Italy |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 424243 | |
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23 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N218973, 1/45 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
15 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 424243, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park | |
15 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 424243 | |
12 Oct 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 424243, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre, 31 Squadron ((SAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Sergeant Desmond Vincent Watson 424243 RAAF (Pilot) was killed in the loss of Liberator KH154 of 31 Squadron SAAF (31SQN SAAF) near Luserna, Italy - six aircraft were lost during an operation carried out by twenty crews to drop supplies to partisans in Italy.
Also killed were: Sergeant Wallace Randal YOUNG Flight Engineer / Sergeant Duncan Carswell Roland SHEARER Navigator / Sergeant Albery Ross BEST Bomb Aimer / Sergeant Harry Heald BAWDEN Wireless Operator / Sergeant Sydney Sapenne DE'LISLE Air Gunner / Sergeant James HOUGHTON Air Gunner / Sergeant Arthur Donald GRIFFIN Air Gunner