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VAN DEN BERG, Abraham Francis

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)

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

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Martin Van Den Berg, Middleburg, Cape Colony, South Africa