Edward Patrick BERGIN

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Service Number:	592
Enlisted:	27 September 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Queenstown, South Australia, Australia, 4 May 1899
Home Town:	Meadows, Mount Barker, South Australia
Schooling:	Mitcham Public School
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 17 September 1917, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 31 No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

27 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 592, 8th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Adelaide
17 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 592, 8th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Omrah embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
17 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 592, 8th Machine Gun Company, RMS Omrah, Melbourne

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Son of Edward Joseph Bergin and Emily Anastasia(nee Beaber) Bergin. Later known as Emily Yelland; brother of Kathleen Bergin

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal