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OLRICH, Bertram
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1506 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 August 1915, Armidale, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Walcha, New South Wales, Australia, 11 August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Niangala, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Tamworth, New South Wales, 30 October 1973, aged 82 years |
| Cemetery: |
Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) Ashes location: Loggia 12/3 U/74 |
| Memorials: | Walcha & District War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1506, Armidale, New South Wales | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1506, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1506, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 15th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 7 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 1506, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , Battle for Pozières , Shell wound (forearm and skull) | |
| 27 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 6th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 4 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1506, 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Johanna Clare Olrich, Walcha Road, Walcha, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 27 April 1919 aboard HT Runic disembarking on 11 June 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1919c Bertram married Annie I Levingston in Walcha, NSW
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