Bertie SVENSON

Badge Number: S8097
S8097

SVENSON, Bertie

Service Number: 1657
Enlisted: 17 July 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born: Yangan, Queensland, Australia, 19 June 1894
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Railway Cleaner
Died: Killed in Action, France, 9 August 1916, aged 22 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

17 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1657, 2nd Light Horse Regiment
30 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 1657, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
30 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 1657, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
9 Aug 1916: Involvement Gunner, 1657, 2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1657 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Division Trench Mortars awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1916-08-09
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Private, 1657, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières

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