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 South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kilburn Islington Railway Workshops Honour Roll, Kingswood 'Mitcham Remembers' Memorial Walk, Mitcham Primary School, The South Australian National War Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

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