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Bertie Hamilton SWAN

Regimental number17300
Place of birthBlayney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSchool teacher
AddressClybucca, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 7"
Weight167 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs E C Swan, Clybucca, Macleay River, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 3 months as a guard at at the German Concentration Camp.
Enlistment date19 January 1916
Place of enlistmentCasula, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameArmy Medical Corps, March 1917 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number26/99/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 9 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Field Ambulance
FateReturned to Australia 19 June 1919
Discharge date7 September 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Miltiades', 20 June 1919; disembarked Sydney, 8 August 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Sydney, 7 September 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, SWAN Bertie Hamilton

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