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COLLIER, Bertram Henry Frank

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	26 June 1915
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 11 August 1885
Home Town:	Cremorne, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Hamilton and West Maitland Public Schools, Maitland High School & Fort Street HIgh School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Accontant
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 26 July 1916, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Maitland High School Roll of Honour, West Maitland Superior Public School Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

26 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
1 Dec 1915:	Promoted Second Lieutenant
8 Mar 1916:	Embarked 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney
8 Mar 1916:	Involvement 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
11 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, joined the 1st Battalion at Domart-en-Ponthieu, Somme
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 1st Infantry Battalion
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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