BERGMEIER, Alexander Stanley
| Service Number: | 1843 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bass, Vic., 8 January 1889 |
| Home Town: | East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Flora Hill, Vic., 20 February 1977, aged 88 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bendigo Public Cemetery, Victoria Lawn 4, Grave 45090 |
| Memorials: | Grantville District Pictorial Honour Roll, Grantville St. Helier District Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1843, 31st Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 3 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 1843, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 1843, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Henry H. and Annie Bergmeier, St. Helier, Gippsland, Victoria
Military Medal
'At ZONNEBEKE on the night 10th/11th October, 1917, Lance Corporal BERGMEIER at very great personal risk exposed himself under exceedingly heavy shell fire to dress and bandage several wounded men, and did not leave them until all had been removed to the R.A.P. This occurred during an exceptionally heavy artillery fire.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 95
Date: 27 June 1918
Alex Bergmeier married Lilian Elsie Hade on 20 February, 1920. In 1924, they were back in his home, living at Bass where he worked as a farmer. By the 1930s, they had moved to East Hawthorn, Melbourne He had a riding school in Toorak Rd., an occupation he followed until at least 1943. He then went back to Gippsland, where he worked as a share farmer.They moved from Gippsland in the 1950s to start a poultry farm business but at Flora Hill, Bendigo.
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