MARINA, Bertie William
| Service Number: | 697 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 September 1914, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Monteagle, New South Wales, Australia, 18 December 1892 |
| Home Town: | Young, Young, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Newington College |
| Occupation: | Grazier / Squatter |
| Died: | Seizures, Young, New South Wales, Australia, 13 September 1920, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Young Cemetery, Hilltops Council, New South Wales Anglican |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 697, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 697, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 697, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William and Helen MARINA, Moppitz, Young, New South Wales.
Wounded at Gallipoli at Cape Helles April 1915 and invalided to 1st Australian General Hospital Helipolis and returned to Australia February 1916 and discharged August 1916.
Mr. B. W. Marina died suddenly on Thursday night at his home, Verana, Young. He was at the races during that day in his place as a vice-president of the club and appearing to be in his usual health he went home early, and stating that he did not feel too well, retired to bed shortly after 6 o'clock. His mother took his tea in to him and he ate it in bed. On going in to see how he was just before 7 o'clock, Mrs. Marina found that he was in some kind of seizure and appeared to be choking. But he had had a couple attacks of the same nature during the past year or two, and she did not feel unduly alarmed, but thought it best to phone to town for a doctor. The doctor went out and had hopes that he was coming through all right. Later on the patient seemed to be no better and he went out again, but before his arrival on this occasion death had occurred, at about 10 o'clock. Deceased did not speak from the time his mother first found him in the seizure.
Deceased was a member of one of the best known and most highly respected families in the Young district. He was a son of Mrs. and the late Mr. William Marina, and his brother and sisters are Mr E. B. Marina, Mrs. F. A. Selden and Mrs. R. S. Laxen. He was very fond of sport and occupied a prominent position at different times on the Young Turf Club and Young Gun Club.
He was one of the first to enlist for service in the war and went to Egypt with the first contingent of the A. I. F. On Gallipoli he was severely wounded in the leg and on the head, and suffered much as a consequence after being invalided home in April, 1916. His demise removes one of the best known figures in the community.
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