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SVENSON, Bertie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1657 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Yangan, Queensland, Australia, 19 June 1894 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Cleaner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 9 August 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1657, 2nd Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 30 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1657, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1657, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 9 Aug 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 1657, 2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1657 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Division Trench Mortars awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1916-08-09 | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 1657, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières |
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