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ADDINGTON, Bertram Charles

Service Numbers:	S65269, 140422, 41843
Enlisted:	20 April 1942
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 1
Last Unit:	Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV)
Born:	Edwardstown, South Australia, Australia, 2 April 1924
Home Town:	Macclesfield, South Australia, Mount Barker, South Australia
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Farm hand
Died:	Natural causes, Heathcote, Victoria, Australia, 30 May 1995, aged 71 years
Cemetery:	Heathcote Cemetery, Victoria Burial Plot A42
Memorials:	Canungra Australian Army Training Team Vietnam Roll of Honour, Flaxley WW2 Honour Roll, Macclesfield ANZAC Memorial Gardens, Macclesfield Greenhills WW2 Honour Roll, Macclesfield Honour Roll WW2

World War 2 Service

20 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S65269, 4th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Meadows, South Australia
20 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S65269
13 May 1943:	Discharged Private, S65269, 4th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
25 May 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 140422
25 May 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 140422, Adelaide, South Australia
5 May 1948:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 140422, Service Police Unit HQ (RAAF)

Non Warlike Service

14 Jan 1960:	Honoured British Empire Medal, Australian Gazette 14 Jan 1960 page 50

Vietnam War Service

19 Apr 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Warrant Officer Class 1, 41843, Australian Force Vietnam Provost Unit
19 Apr 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Warrant Officer Class 1, 41843
4 Aug 1970:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Warrant Officer Class 1, 41843
4 Aug 1970:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Warrant Officer Class 1, 41843, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV)

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