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HANDLEY, Bertie Charles
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 5007, Commissioned |
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| Enlisted: | 30 November 1914, Place of enlistment - Broadmeadows, Melbourne Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | South Yarra, Melbourne Victoria, 1886 |
| Home Town: | South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Memorials: | Bentleigh East Yarra Yarra Golf Club Honor Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 5007, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, Place of enlistment - Broadmeadows, Melbourne Victoria | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 5007, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, Emabrked on HMAT 'A51' Chilka from Melbourne on 2nd February 1915, disembarking Egypt. | |
| 28 Jan 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train | |
| 24 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 56th Australian Field Artillery Battery | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned, 56th Australian Field Artillery Battery, Embarked on HMT Huntsend from Alexandria, Egypt on 20th June 1916, disembarking at Marseilles, France on 30th June 1916 to join British Expeditionary Force. | |
| 9 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 25th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 23 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Had attended school of instruction in August 1916 and had also been detached to Royal Artillery Headquarters as an Intelligence Officer from 17th October 1916 to 8th November 1916. | |
| 1 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Had also again attended school of instruction from 10th March 1917 to 6th April 1917. | |
| 23 Oct 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 14th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 24 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Major, 1st Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 5 Apr 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Major, Commissioned, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Embarked on HT Warwickshire from Liverpool, England on 5th April 1919, disembarking Melbourne on 28th May 1919. | |
| 27 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Major, Commissioned, 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Married Sister Annie Agnes HARPER AANS on 21st September 1917.