WHITNEY B.
Given Names: Bertrum
Service Number: 18810
Unit: Divisional Signal Company 3, Engineer, 12th reinforcements
Rank: Sapper
Paybook Number:
Age: 24 Yrs 5 Mths
Occupation: Clerk
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Church of England
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 5 Ft 4 In
Weight: 109 Lbs
Chest: 30-33 In
Hair: Fair
Eyes: Blue
Complexion: Fresh
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 9/2/1917
Place: Melbourne
Next of Kin: FATHER John Blakey Whitney
46 Molesworth Street, Kew, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 4/8/1917
Port: Melbourne
Ship: HMAT Thermistocles A32
END OF WAR
Status: Returned to Australia
Ship: Runic
Embarked: 23/9/1918
Disembarked: 26/11/1918
Unit: 5th Divisional Signal Company
Rank: Sapper
Discharge Date: 20/9/1919
Place: Melbourne
MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: Not earned
British War Medal: 68598
Victory Medal: 65878
Other:
BIRTH
Date or Year: 1892
Place: Hawthorn, Victoria
Father: John Blakey WHITNEY
Mother: Mary BROGDEN
MARRIAGE
Year: 1919
Place: Victoria
Spouse: Alice Maude JELLIS
DEATH
Date or Year: 15/1/1945
Place: South Melbourne, Victoria
Burial: Kew Cemetery, Victoria
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
Wounded in action 16/6/1918; gun shot wound, arm (amputated)
MEMORIALS
Kew State School
Kew War Memorial
Kew Independent Church
Springvale Walls of Remembrance
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
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