Bernard HESSEY

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Service Number:	575
Enlisted:	14 December 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Leeds, England, 1890
Home Town:	Alderley, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith Striker
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

14 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 575, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
5 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 575, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 575, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney
26 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 575, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Gassed
1 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion
18 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 575, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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True name Albert Bernard Hessey - Statutory Declaration page 9 of Service Record

Son of Bernard Hessey of Leeds, England

Husband of Violet Hessey of Bank Street, Alderley, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 10 April 1919 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 31 May 1919 at Melbpurne for onward travel to Bribane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

In 1930 he was residing in Wangaratta, Victoria