Bertram Arthur GROSE

GROSE, Bertram Arthur

    Service Number: 3751
    Enlisted: 6 August 1915, 49th infantry
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: Australian Army Postal Corps
    Born: Winchelsea, Victoria, Australia, August 1895
    Home Town: Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Postman
    Died: Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 8 September 1934, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria
    Methodist E 54
    Memorials: Creswick Honor Roll, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Winchelsea WWI Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    11 Feb 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Army Postal Corps
    6 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3751, 14th Infantry Battalion, 49th infantry
    23 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 3751, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    23 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 3751, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    29 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3751, Australian Army Postal Corps, 3rd MD Suffering from bronchitis he returned to Australia on 31 March 1919 and was medically discharged.

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    3751 Private (Pte) Bertram Arthur Grose. A postman from Windsor, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Grose embarked with the 12th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Ceramic on 23 November 1915. Following his arrival in England he transferred to the Army Postal Corps and was promoted to Corporal. Later suffering from bronchitis he returned to Australia on 31 March 1919 and was medically discharged.

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