Bertie John YATES

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Service Number:	7381
Enlisted:	2 January 1918, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 15 May 1891
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 14 April 1930, aged 38 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic area I, Grave 1663. Interred on the 15 April 1930 Commemorated with a plaque in the Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

2 Jan 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7381, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
13 Mar 1918:	Involvement Private, 7381, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: SS Ormonde embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
13 Mar 1918:	Embarked Private, 7381, 28th Infantry Battalion, SS Ormonde, Fremantle
5 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7381, 28th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of John Hector Yates and Catherine Yates nee Welch of Melbourne, Victoria

Husband of Violet Octavia Doris Yates nee Walker of Irvin Street, Perth, WA. Bertie and Violet married in Perth, WA during 1916c

Commenced return to Australia on 22 September 1919 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on the 12 November 1919 at Melbourne

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal