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Allan Rupert BETTERIDGE

Regimental number450
Date of birth11 August 1891
Place of birthPort Augusta, South Australia
SchoolBroken Hill Public School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMotor mechanic
Address4 Kenilworth Road, Parkside, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinWife, Mrs Constance Emma Betteridge, 4 Kenilworth Road, Parkside, South Australia
Enlistment date14 October 1915
Rank on enlistment2nd Air Mechanic
Unit nameAustralian Flying Corps, No 1 Squadron, Reinforcement 2
AWM Embarkation Roll number8/4/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Malwa on 25 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Flying Corps
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30480, 16 January 1918; 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 76, 23 May 1918.

FateReturned to Australia 4 March 1919
Discharge date20 April 1919
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 2335 Pte Alva Noel BETTERIDGE, 27th Bn, returned to Australia, 3 July 1917; 1976 Pte Thomas Aubrey BETTERIDGE, 32nd Bn, returned to Australia, 8 May 1919; 226 Corporal Arthur Leslie BETTERIDGE, 9th Light Horse Regiment, disembarked Australia, 23 August 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Palestine

Discharged, 20 April 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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