Roland Desmond Ernest Betley
Born 2 Aug 1921 - Died 16 Jun 1944
- Service number
- NZ421495 AWMM
- WWII 421495 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Air Force AWMM
- Last rank
- Flight Sergeant/Military AWMM Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Roland Desmond Ernest AWMM
- Surname
- Betley AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- NZ421495 AWMM
- WWII 421495 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 2 Aug 1921 RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
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- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs B.I. Betley (wife), 6 Wellesley Street, Fielding, New Zealand AWMM
- WW2 Wife: Mrs B. I. M. Betley, 6 Wellesley Street, Feilding AWMM
- WW2 Parents: Mr & Mrs J. E. Betley of Feilding AWMM
- Relationship status
- Married/WWII AWMM
- Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Campaign
- Europe (Air) AWMM
- Europe (Air) AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Air Force AWMM
- Service number
- NZ421495 AWMM
- WWII 421495 AWMM
- Military service
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 10 Service Flying Training School, Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
Course 1: Class 77. Graduation Date: 9/07/1943. AWMM - Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
- Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM
Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
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- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW2 Vessel was Matsonia AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Killed on air operations AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- Flight Sergeant/Military AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Roland Betley was the son of John Ernest Betley and of Amy Violet Betley (nee Shaw), of Hastings, Hawkes Bay; husband of Barbara Isobel May Betley, of Oroua Downs, Wellington.
Attended Lytton Street School, Fielding and Palmerston North Technical School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845607))
486 hours as Pilot (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 16 Jun 1944 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
- Claim by Oblt Peter Ehrhardt 9/NJG5 Cambrai/Lille/Valenciennes area: 2,000m at 00:52.
Crashed Rieux-en-Cambresis (Nord) 9km ENE of Cambrai.Public - John - 5 April 2021 - Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten - Cemetery
- Rieux Communal Cemetery, Nord, France AWMM Coll. grave 8-10. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
- Memorial on tombstone of Hilton BetleyPublic - Allan - Researcher - 27 December 2018 - Manawatu District Council cemetery records
- Memorial reference
- Block 3 Row 6 Plot 640Public - Allan - Researcher - 27 December 2018 - Manawatu District Council cemetery records
Memorial
- Memorial name
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Sources
- External links
- Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
Sources Used - Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
Sources Used - Air Force casualties. Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 28, 2 August 1944, Page 6
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19440802.2.84.2&srpos
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2776731
Sources Used - RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ab - B. Archives New Zealand (R17845607).
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845607
Sources Used - List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. Archives New Zealand (R17845747)
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845747
Sources Used
- Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
- References
- The Weekly News
The Weekly News 1944 - The Evening Post
- Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
- This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission.
- RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ab - B. Archives New Zealand (R17845607) - Former archives reference: AIR118
- List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743)
- Please note that the 11 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions.
- List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [List of Missing]. Archives New Zealand (R17845747)
- The Weekly News
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