Bertram LeRoy CAPORN

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Service Number:	WX13684
Enlisted:	28 May 1941, Claremont, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wembley, Western Australia, 10 April 1915
Home Town:	Wembley, Cambridge, Western Australia
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Labourer & Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 9 September 1943, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burekup War Memorial, Fremantle St. John's Anglican Church Roll of Honour WW2, Lae Memorial, Waroona Hamel RSL Honour Board, Waroona WW2 Fallen Roll of Honour, Waroona War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX13684
28 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX13684, Claremont, WA
28 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX13684, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
9 Sep 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX13684, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion

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Bertram Le Roy CAPORN was born in Wembley, Western Australia on 10th April, 1915

His parents were Bertram CAPORN & Martha Maria LAWSON who married in Leederville, WA on 4th August, 1909

He married Marguerita Alice JAMES in Perth, WA in 1941

Bertram previously served in the 10th Light Horse for 4 years from 23rd February, 1935 (SN VE/W229)

His brother Mervyn Hartley CAPORN (SN W83003) served in the 4th Battalion of the Volunteer Defence Corps during WW2