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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Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary