Albert George (Bert) PACKER

Badge Number: Ms302, Sub Branch: State
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PACKER, Albert George

Service Numbers: 2018, Commissioned Officer, S506
Enlisted: 17 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Born: Prospect, South Australia, 9 July 1896
Home Town: North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: North Adelaide Public School
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Natural Causes, 30 August 1991, aged 95 years, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: North Adelaide Public School Roll of Honor
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Peacetime

17 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia

World War 1 Service

22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2018, 300th Company Mechanical Transport,

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22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2018, 300th Company Mechanical Transport, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
14 Nov 1917: Involvement Cadet, 2018, Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
31 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, "The Last Hundred Days"

World War 2 Service

7 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, S506
Date unknown: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, S506, 4 Garrison Battalion (SA) , Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces

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Biography

NoK  - Mother Harriet McDonnell Packer, 98 Archer Street North Adelaide

Brother: 2718 Pte Henry Gordon PACKER, 50th Bn, died of wounds, 12 June 1918/ Cousin: 2718 Pte Henry Gordon PACKER, 50th Bn, died of wounds, 12 June 1918 - Brothers: [2018] 2nd Lt Albert George PACKER, Australian Flying Corps, returned to Australia, 20 December 1918; 2718 Pte Henry Gordon PACKER, 50th Bn, died of wounds, 12 June 1918; Cousin: Cousin: 2859 Pte Leonard Allen PACKER, 43rd Bn, killed in action, 31 July 1917.

 querey  - Mother Harriet Mcdonnell Packer  - is she the same person as Harriet Anne Packer of Mundalla and Mount Barker?

 

Bert was resident at 94 Kingston Terrace North Adelaide in 1922

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