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BERGSTROM, Victor Herbert
| Service Number: | 2887 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 February 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, June 1896 |
| Home Town: | Fullarton, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coppersmith |
| Died: | 25 April 1972, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Glen Osmond St Saviour's Anglican Church Memorial Stained Glass Windows & Plaques, GlenOsmondO5*, Myrtle Bank War Memorial, The Motor Cycle Club of SA Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2887, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 2887, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 2887, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide High School
Victor Herbert Bergstrom was born in 1896 and grew up in Fullarton Estate, South Australia. Victor was 19 and 8 months when he joined the war. Victor enlisted for the war as a private on the 11th of February 1916, as a part of the 32nd Battalion. He embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 11 April 1916. Victor lived with his mother, Mrs Matilda Bergstrom. Before joining the war, his occupation was a coppersmith. He was a 12-month cadet but was then rejected because of his height, given he was a 5,4 male weighing at 139lbs. Victor was diagnosed with flat feet early on in his life, this was a disadvantage for him as it caused him much pain, walking, running and marching.
During the war Victor was admitted to the hospital on many different occasions, mostly because of sickness and flat feet, as a result Victor was discharged back to Australia on the 22nd of July 1917. Victor then died at age of 74 on the 25th of April 1972.