Acting Squadron Leader Bruce Duddridge Watson

Service number 403084
Birth Date 1914-10-15
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Strathfield
Death Date 2009
Final Rank Acting Squadron Leader
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Unit No. 457 Squadron
Place Strathfield
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1946-06-25
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1946-06-27

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    No. 457 Squadron
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Acting Squadron Leader
    London Gazette
    25 June 1946 on page 3217 at position 21
    Commonwealth Gazette
    27 June 1946 on page 1724 at position 10

Timeline

Date of birth 15 October 1914
Other units 1941 No 32 Squadron.
Date promoted 28 July 1941 Pilot officer.
Other units 1942 No 75 Squadron.
Date promoted 28 January 1942 Flying officer.
Date promoted 28 July 1943 Flight lieutenant.
Other units 02 February 1944 Commanding Officer No 457 Squadron.
Date promoted 27 November 1944 Acting squadron leader.
Date of death 2009