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| Name | MIDDLETON |
| First names | Bertram John |
| Rank | F/Sgt |
| Service | RAAF |
| Crew position | Wireless Operator |
| Comments | Posted in 4/42 |
| Awarded the DFM | |
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| Portrait of 408052 F/O Bertram
John Middleton, No. 24 Squadron RAAF, of Subiaco, Western Australia.
A clerk prior to the war, he enlisted on 15 August 1940. On the 18th May 1943, while attached to 49 Squadron, F/Sgt Middleton was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM) for successful raids on Berlin, Essen and Ruhr. He flew a few operations as Wop/Ag in Hampdens, Manchesters and Lancs from Scampton and Fiskerton. Later attached to No. 24 Squadron RAAF in Australia. F/O Middleton was killed in action on operations over Banka Island (off the coast of Sumatra) on the 5th August 1944, aged 25. F/Sgt MIddleton is buried in the Adelaide War Cemetery |
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