PEART, Herbert Willaton
| Service Number: | VX8406 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 November 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 18 June 1914 |
| Home Town: | Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Ellminyt State School & Colac High School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 31 August 2000, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria Plot: LAWN.H. Row 29. Grave 4. Memorial ID: #227940167 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Colac ANA Branch No 170 Honor Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 24 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX8406 | |
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| 27 Jul 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX8406 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ian Fox
Bert was six weeks old when his parents moved to Colac from Geelong. Bert's ambition to be a teacher was thwarted by the Depression. He eventually found work at Hurst Butchers, working there for nine years.
As a hobby he bred, showed and raced pigeons. He joined Colac Amateur Cycling Club, racing in the 1938 Melbourne to Warrnambool bike race and the 1939 Colac to Melbourne race.
Battle of Crete – The 2/7th Battalion was left behind without ammunition or food when the Royal Navy, which evacuated allied soldiers, didn’t have enough ships for them. Bert became a POW on 1st June 1941 and he was interned in Stalag 13c in Hammelburg, Germany.
[Source: Colac Family History Project/WW2 Honour Roll]
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