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BERTRAM, Eric Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 116892 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 August 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Mobile Works Squadrons |
| Born: | Koondrook, Victoria, Australia, 23 October 1922 |
| Home Town: | Koondrook, Gannawarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State / Public School, Grade 1 to 7, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Builder's Labourer / Dairy Farmer. |
| Died: | Scrub typhus / Malaria, New Guinea, 3 January 1944, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot C. Row A. Grave 16. Personal Inscription ~ "HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE R.I.P.". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Koondrook War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 116892 | |
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| 7 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 116892, Mobile Works Squadrons | |
| 7 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 116892 |
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Leading Aircraftman Eric Charles Bertram 116892 of Number 62 Mobile Works Squadron became ill and died in the Markham Valley, New Guinea
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