Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Nash Berry

Service number QX6047
Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 03/09/1910
Birth Place Australia: South Australia, Unley
Death Date 09/05/1973
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Army
Units
  • 19th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 2/9th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 8th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Unley
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945

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Date of birth 03/09/1910 Unley, SA.
Date commissioned 16/04/1935 Lieutenant - Australian Engineers.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 10/11/1939 Enlisted 2nd AIF.
Other 13/10/1939 Seconded 2/9th Battalion.
Other 02/10/1939 Full time duty 42nd Battalion.
Other 17/06/1940 Arrived Scotland.
Date promoted 19/08/1941 Appointed major.
Date of honour or award 25/04/1941 Military Cross.
Date wounded 21/03/1941 Wounded in action - gun shot wound right arm and side.
Other 31/12/1941 Arrived Middle East.
Other 24/05/1941 Returned to unit.
Date returned to Australia 28/03/1942
Other units 1942-04-14 - 1943-01-10 Temporary lieutenant colonel, commanding officer 19th Battalion.
Other units 1943-01-10 - 1943-10-18 Commanding officer 41st Battalion.
Other 17/12/1943 Arrived New Guinea.
Other units 1943-10-18 - 1945-07-01 Commanding officer 8th Battalion.
Other 16/10/1943 Course - Land Headquarters School of Mechanisation.
Other 1943-04-19 - 1943-05-30 Course - Land Headquarters Tactical (senior officers).
Date promoted 16/03/1944 Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Other units 1944-05-27 - 1944-06-23 Attached Headquarters 23rd Brigade.
Date returned to Australia 01/01/1944 Returned to Townsville.
Other 26/09/1944 Arrived Emirau Island.
Other 25/05/1944 Arrived Lae.
Other 31/07/1944 Arrived Moresby.
Date returned to Australia 17/07/1944 Returned to Townsville.
Other 30/04/1945 Arrived Bougainville.
Date returned to Australia 12/05/1945 Returned to Brisbane.
Other 27/04/1945 Arrived Treasury Island.
Other 19/07/1945 Arrived Lae.
Date returned to Australia c 1945-06-27 Returned to Sydney.
Other 26/04/1945 Arrived Munda.
Other 21/07/1945 Reserve of Officers.
Other 07/09/1953 Headquarters Northern Command.
Other 18/11/1956 Reserve of Officers.
Date of death 09/05/1973

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