SCHMIDT, Herbert
| Service Number: | 1400321 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 30 November 1929 |
| Home Town: | Kilcoy, Somerset, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Kilcoy, Queensland, Australia, 28 August 1998, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Kilcoy Cemetery, Kilcoy, Queensland, Australia |
| Memorials: |
Korean War Service
| 22 Feb 1953: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1400321 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Bertie was the youngest of eleven children of Gustav Hermann Schmidt (b1884 in Samsonvale, QLD) and Margaret (Maggie) Ann Bell (b1880 in Samsonvale, QLD). Gustav - a Farm Labourer - and Maggie married in 1903 in Samsonvale, where they lived before moving to Kilcoy. Gustav was a Dairy Farmer in Kilcoy and Rochedale and in the 1940s relocated to Nanango where Gustav worked as a Labourer.
Bertie was a Labourer when he enlisted in the Australian Army and served as a Private (Service No:1400321) with 3rd Infantry Battalion RAR in the Korean War. Brothers Gilbert and Hector served in WWII.
Bertie lived in Nanango, Kallangur and Yeppoon in QLD where he worked as a Labourer. He died in 1998.