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DEVLIN, Bertie
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2010 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
19 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2010, 29th Infantry Battalion | |
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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" |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Bertie Devlin is memorialised at:
Queenscliff Memorial Garden; and
Queenscliff RSL Honour Roll