Bertram John WIRE

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Service Number:	2047
Enlisted:	3 February 1915, Enlisted at Nannup, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 1886
Home Town:	Nannup, Nannup, Western Australia
Schooling:	Civil Service & Commercial College, Forest Gate
Occupation:	Sleeper Cutter
Died:	Killed in Action, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 August 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 11, Row G, Grave 34 Chaplain T.G. Robertson officiated, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nannup WW1, Nannup War Memorial

3 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2047, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Nannup, WA
29 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2047, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
1 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2047, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, KIA

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Arrived in Australia during September 1907

Address at the time of enlistment was Nannup, WA

Son of John Benjamin and Eliza Wire of 35 Borthwick Road, Stratford, Essex, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Australian Government Agriculture College

He gained distinction in bookkeeping at the West Ham Technical School and a certificate from the Society Arts

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