Oscar Bethune
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Oscar Roland Bethune (1902 - 1937)

Captain Oscar Roland Bethune
Born in Enmore, British Guianamap
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Died at age 34 in Waziristan, Indiamap
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Oscar Roland Bethune was born in 1902. He was the son of George Maximilian Bethune and his wife Elizabeth de Burgh O'Maley. In 1911 he was with the rest of the family, bar his sister Eleanor, in Lowestoft.[1] A career officer in the Indian Army, he was killed in action on the North-West Frontier in 1937.[2][3][4]

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  1. Name: Julia Bethune Event Type: Census Event Date: 1911 Event Place: Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom County: Suffolk Parish: Lowestoft Sub-District: Lowestoft Sub-District Number: 2 District Number: 218 Enumeration District: 20 Registration District: Mutford Gender: Female Age: 19 Marital Status: Single Marital Status (Original): SINGLE Number in Family: 9 Birth Year (Estimated): 1892 Birthplace: British Guina Resident Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Schedule Type: 149 Page Number: 1 Registration Number: RG14 Piece/Folio: 297 Affiliate Record Identifier: GBC/1911/RG14/11055/0297/3 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace George Bethune Head M 56 Bognor, Sussex Elizabeth Bethune Wife F 49 St Croix D West India Resident Julia Bethune Daughter F 19 British Guina Resident Maximilian Bethune Son M 12 British Guina Resident Michael Bethune Son M 12 British Guina Resident Charles Bethune Son M 11 Bedford, Bedfordshire Eric Bethune Son M 9 British Guina Resident Oscar Bethune Son M 8 British Guina Resident Bessie Sizer Servant F 22 Tunstead, Norfolk Record Type: Household Line Number: 3 Citing this Record "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7G1-3SS : 18 July 2019), Bessie Sizer in household of George Bethune, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
  2. Name: Oscar Asland Bethune Event Type: Burial Event Date: 30 Mar 1937 Event Place: Bengal, India Event Place (Original): Bannu, Bengal, India Gender: Male Age: 35 Marital Status: Unknown Birth Year (Estimated): 1902 Death Date: 29 Mar 1937 GS Film Number: 533198 Digital Folder Number: 005142040 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B75061-2 System Origin: EASY Record Number: 296 Citing this Record "India Deaths and Burials, 1719-1948", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGKY-J59 : 5 February 2020), Oscar Asland Bethune, 1937.
  3. Name: Oscar Roland Bethune Event Type: Probate Event Date: 31 Aug 1950 Event Place: Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Event Place (Original): Winchester Death Date: 29 Mar 1937 Digital Folder Number: 007710175 Image Number: 00293 Citing this Record "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W7CL-MQPZ : 24 June 2019), Oscar Roland Bethune, 31 Aug 1950; citing Probate, Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm
  4. "Memorial to Captain Oscar Roland Bethune, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force), Indian Army. Son of George and Elizabeth Bethune. Born in British Guiana (now Guyana). Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned into the Indian Army 1 Jan 1923. Killed in action at Damdil, Waziristan, India (now Pakistan). Buried on 30 Mar 1937 in Bannu, Bengal, India (now Pakistan)." Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 August 2020), memorial page for CPT Oscar Roland Bethune (4 Oct 1902–29 Mar 1937), Find a Grave Memorial no. 204994071, citing Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England ; Maintained by Peter H (contributor 47423563)




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