Bertie DEVLIN

DEVLIN, Bertie

Service Number: 2010
Enlisted: 19 July 1915
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 29th Infantry Battalion
Born: Marcus Hill, Victoria, Australia, January 1894
Home Town: Marcus Hill, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farm Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Sailly le Sec, France, 7 May 1918
Cemetery: Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension
Plot 2, Row D, Grave No. 75, Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, Picardie, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Drysdale St James' Anglican Church Roll of Honor, Mannerim State School & District Roll of Honor, Marcus & Mannerim Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

19 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2010, 29th Infantry Battalion
18 Feb 1916: Involvement Private, 2010, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
18 Feb 1916: Embarked Private, 2010, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
26 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2010, 29th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood
2 Apr 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 29th Infantry Battalion
7 May 1918: Involvement Lance Corporal, 2010, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2010 awm_unit: 29th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-05-07
7 May 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2010, 29th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front"

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Bertie Devlin is memorialised at:

Queenscliff Memorial Garden; and 

Queenscliff RSL Honour Roll