Coming Soon.
VAN DEN BERG, Abraham Francis
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 666, 667 |
---|---|
Enlisted: | 16 August 1914, Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Queenstown, South Africa, 1 January 1894 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Boundary Rider / Clerk |
Died: | Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 3 May 1917, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Aug 1914: | Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, Sydney, NSW | |
---|---|---|
19 Aug 1914: | Embarked Private, 666, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
19 Aug 1914: | Involvement Private, 666, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
7 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 667, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 667, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 667, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
3 May 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 667, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 667 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
Personal Stories
Help us honour Abraham Francis Van den Berg's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Martin Van Den Berg, Middleburg, Cape Colony, South Africa