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Bertie Allan LANGTIP

Regimental number2346
Date of birth26 February 1897
Place of birthPort Albert Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressPort Albert, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Anne Langtip, Port Albert, Victoria
Enlistment date25 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Light Horse Regiment, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/9/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A53 Itria on 18 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Light Horse Regiment
FateReturned to Australia 15 June 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Kent Fedorowich
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 2345 Sapper Ernest Walter LANGTIP, 4th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 15 June 1919; 2347 Staff Sergeant Henry LANGTIP, 4th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 15 June 1919; 2348 Sergeant Leslie Oliver LANGTIP DCM, 4th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 15 June 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Palestine

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Note: headstone is wrong: not awarded the 1914-15 Star; not on the strength of a unit in a theatre of war on or before 31 December 1915.
Date of death29 September 1982
Age at death85
Place of burialCobram Cemetery, Victoria

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