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Squadron Leader Neville Barson

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Military service

Service number: 130253
Age: 33
Rank: Squadron Leader
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: 406 "City of Saskatoon" (Light Bomber) Squadron
Birth: January 7, 1921 Broken Hill, Australia
Enlistment: June 30, 1949
Death: August 12, 1954 Simpson, Saskatchewan

Burial/memorial information

SASKATOON (WOODLAWN) CEMETERY
Grave reference: Grave 17558, Block 124, Lot 205 1/2
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Son of George and Lilian Mary (nee Betts) Barson of Kew, Victoria, Australia. Husband of Mary (nee Thoburn) and father of Murray, James, Margaret and Rhoda of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Squadron Leader Barson joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in September 1940 and trained in Canada and flew operationally in Canada and the United Kingdom. He served 2 years with No. 52 Squadron in the United Kingdom.

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Service in Canada (1867 – present)

SASKATOON (WOODLAWN) CEMETERY Saskatchewan, Canada

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