Regimental number | 6528 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Port Augusta, South Australia |
School | Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Mechanical draughtsman |
Address | Adelaide, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Height | 5' 8.25" |
Weight | 141 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, E J L Bertram, Cockburn, South Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 27th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/44/5 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 50th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Adelaide, 24 January 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 27 March 1917; marched in to 7th Training Bn, Rollestone, 28 March 1917. Appointed Acting Lance Corporal, 11 May 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 30 July 1917, and reverted to Private. Taken on strength, 50th Bn, in the field, 17 August 1917. On leave to United Kingdom, 19 March 1918; rejoined Bn, in the field, 3 April 1918. Wounded in action, Villers-Bretonneux, 25 April 1918, and admitted to 25th Field Ambulance (gun shot wound, left femur), and transferred same day to 47th Casualty Clearing Station; to No 8 General Hospital, Rouen, 26 April 1918; to England, 24 June 1918, and admitted to Special Surgical Military Hospital, Shepherd's Bush, London, 25 June 1918; to Military Hospital, Sutton Veney, 11 January 1919; to No 1 Australian General Hospital, Sutton Veney, 16 January 1919; discharged on furlough, 16 January 1919, to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 4 February 1919. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Czar', 13 May 1919; transshipped at Alexandria to HS 'Dongala', 10 April 1919; admitted to ship's hospital, at sea, 19 April 1919 (pyrexia); disembarked Adelaide, 13 May 1919; discharged (medically unfit), 6 September 1919. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BERTRAM Alan Lewis |