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BETTRIDGE, Ernest Gordon
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 5981, Q50680 |
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Enlisted: | 21 February 1916, Place of Enlistment, Rockhampton, Queensland. |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Miscellaneous Hospitals |
Born: | Clermont, Queensland, Australia, 17 December 1890 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Cook |
Died: | Brisbane, Queensland Australia, 24 August 1964, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 11, Section 4 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
21 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5981, 15th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Rockhampton, Queensland. | |
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8 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5981, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane | |
8 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5981, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
1 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, 5981, 15th Infantry Battalion, S W right arm | |
23 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, 5981, 15th Infantry Battalion, GSW to right foot | |
30 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 15th Infantry Battalion, G S W to head | |
9 Feb 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 15th Infantry Battalion, Temp. Corporal, reverts to Private | |
5 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 5981, 15th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
8 Jan 1941: | Involvement Sergeant, Q50680 | |
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8 Jan 1941: | Enlisted | |
8 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, Q50680 | |
10 Mar 1944: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal | |
5 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, Miscellaneous Hospitals | |
5 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, Q50680 |
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