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Flt Sgt George William Bateman

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Flt Sgt George William Bateman Veteran

Birth
Unley, Unley City, South Australia, Australia
Death
25 Jun 1944 (aged 32)
Prouville, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
Burial
Bussus-Bussuel, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France Add to Map
Plot
Row 1 Grave 3
Memorial ID
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BATEMAN, Flight Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), GEORGE WILLIAM, 417327. 463 Sqdn. Royal Australian Air Force. 25th June 1944. Age 32. Son of Sidney Davies Bateman and Florence Christina Ethel Bateman; husband of Marjorie Jean Bateman, of Magill, South Australia. Row 1. Grave 3.

Lancaster LM571 JO-E of 463SQN RAF / RAAF was hit by a German night-fighter and crashed at Prouville in the Somme region of France. Six crewmen were killed with the seventh, Flight Sergeant Malcolm, becoming a prisoner of war.

Crew KIA:

Flight Sergeant Bramwell Rockliff Barber
Flight Sergeant George William Bateman
Flight Sergeant Lionel Gregory Leslie Hunter
Warrant Officer Bernard Edward Kelly
Pilot Officer John Francis Martin
Sgt Peter Donald Taylor

Royal Australian Air Force Warrant Officer Thomas Alexander Malcolm Service Number 418755 was discharged in March 1946 from Number 1 Medical Rehabilitation Unit following release from a Prisoner of War camp in Germany
Contributor: Dave Barlow (49565515)
BATEMAN, Flight Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), GEORGE WILLIAM, 417327. 463 Sqdn. Royal Australian Air Force. 25th June 1944. Age 32. Son of Sidney Davies Bateman and Florence Christina Ethel Bateman; husband of Marjorie Jean Bateman, of Magill, South Australia. Row 1. Grave 3.

Lancaster LM571 JO-E of 463SQN RAF / RAAF was hit by a German night-fighter and crashed at Prouville in the Somme region of France. Six crewmen were killed with the seventh, Flight Sergeant Malcolm, becoming a prisoner of war.

Crew KIA:

Flight Sergeant Bramwell Rockliff Barber
Flight Sergeant George William Bateman
Flight Sergeant Lionel Gregory Leslie Hunter
Warrant Officer Bernard Edward Kelly
Pilot Officer John Francis Martin
Sgt Peter Donald Taylor

Royal Australian Air Force Warrant Officer Thomas Alexander Malcolm Service Number 418755 was discharged in March 1946 from Number 1 Medical Rehabilitation Unit following release from a Prisoner of War camp in Germany
Contributor: Dave Barlow (49565515)

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