HUSSEY, Bernard
| Service Number: | 2670 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 August 1915, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Motor Transport Company |
| Born: | Skipton, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Skipton, Pyrenees, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Chauffeur |
| Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 2 October 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Preston Public Cemetery, Victoria Row G, Grave 5066. Interred on 5 October 1970 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2670, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2670, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2670, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 24 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2670, 7th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right arm | |
| 20 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Motor Transport Company | |
| 26 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Motor Transport Company | |
| 14 Nov 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Motor Transport Company | |
| 3 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2670, 1st Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Michael Hussey and Elizabeth Hussey nee Ryan of 'Callanballan Station', Skipton, Victoria
Brother of Charles Hussey who was killed in action on 19 July 1916 while serving with the 60th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on panel 20 of the VC Corner Memorial; George Hussey who returned to Australia on 29 August 1919 having served with the 8 Light Horse Regiment; John Hussey who died of wounds on 10 July 1918 while serving with the 8th Battalion and is buried in Vignacourt British Cemetery Plot V, Row D, Grave 17; Leonard Hussey who returned to Australia on 12 July 1919 having served with the 1st Australian Division Motor Transport.
Commenced return to Australia on 31 May 1919 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 12 July 1919
Medals: Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1921c Bernard married Mary Agnes O'Keane in Victoria
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