HARE, Bertram
| Service Number: | 147 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney New South Wales, Australia, 31 January 1886 |
| Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 13 January 1960, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Dec 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 147, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 147, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 22 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 15th Infantry Battalion |
Bertram Hare.
Occupation prior to enlistment Merchant Seaman
Enlisted as Private 1787 Kennedy Regiment 2nd Australian Navy and Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF).
Enlisted Cairns: 8th August 1914, embarked for Port Moresby from Townsville via Thursday Island (War Station) to capture German New Guinea. Returned to Townsville due to “stokers strike” on troopship TSS Kanowna (censored at the time). These “Dirty 500” honoured in centenary tribute Nth Qld in August 2014.
Discharged: Townsville, 18th September , 1914
Re-enlisted 17th September, 1914, Townsville
Stationed Enoggera, Brisbane.
Promoted to Corporal 1st December 1914.
Left Melbourne on A40 (Ceramic) 22nd December for Egypt
Bertram Hare, landed Gallipoli, 25th April 1915
Transferred to Hospital 30th July 1915
Hospitalised Ghezireh, Mena, Helouan, Egypt.
Returned to Australia 9th February 1916, on “Nestor, escort duty and promoted to Company Sergeant, 26th April 1916.
Appointed Recruitment officer. Discharged 1919.
Submitted 14 June 2021 by Lynette Turner
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