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BRUMBY, Bertie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2602 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cherry Gardens, South Australia, 12 June 1892 |
| Home Town: | Cherry Gardens, Onkaparinga, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mason |
| Died: | Daw Park, South Australia, 20 October 1967, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (General) Adelaide, South Australia General Section, Row BB, Site 28 Interred on the 23 October 1923. Internment number 9917 which expired on 23 October 2017 |
| Memorials: | Cherry Gardens WW1 Roll of Honour, Cherry Gardens WW1 Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2602, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2602, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Infantry Battalion, Transferred at Serapeum | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 2602, 10th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Brumby and Elizabeth Lilian Brumby nee Stone of Cherry Gardens, SA. Brother of Elsie Brumby, Linda Mavis Brumby, Edgar Brumby, Bertha Brumby, Thomas Brumby and Frederick Brumby
Returned to Australia on 11 May 1917 aborad HT Militades due to wounds of the back
On 2 February 1918 Bertie married Emily HIlda Rivers in the Semaphore Methodist Church, Exeter, SA
Father of Mavis Irene Brumby, Thomas William Brumby, Raymond Murray Brumby and Wilfred Henry Brumby
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal