BERCOVITCH, Maurice
| Service Number: | 5337 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Galicia, Rumania, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Traveller |
| Died: | East Perth, Western Australia, 22 March 1943, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Jewish Orthodox area, section BA, grave 0226 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5337, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 17 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5337, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5337, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Awarded a Military Medal for great courage, energy and resource during the whole of the operation at Bullecourt on the morning of the 11th April 1917. When a Lewis Gun team was entirely annihilated, he filled some empty magazines from the pouches of the dead and went from end to end of the section of enemy trenches held by us looking for and finding targets. This he did for four hours and did great execution amongst the enemy. When the end came and he was called on to surrender he made a dash for freedom with his Lewis gun and survived.
Awarded a Bar to the Military Medal for his gallantry during a raid on the Hamel defences on the night of 15-16 June 1918. He was Company Runner and Scout and spent much time on the 3 nights preceding the raid in and around the German wire. His reports were invaluable and he was basically responsible for leading the raiders to the German wire and then fearlessly attacking the German trenches.
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