Service number | QX6047 |
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Ranks Held | Lieutenant Colonel, Captain |
Birth Date | 1910-09-03 |
Birth Place | Australia: South Australia, Unley |
Death Date | 1973-05-09 |
Final Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Service | Australian Army |
Units |
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Place | Unley |
Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Gazettes |
Published in London Gazette in 1941-06-13 |
Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Nash Berry
Rolls
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/9th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Captain
- London Gazette
- 13 June 1941 on page 3369 at position 1
Timeline
Date of birth | 03 September 1910 | Unley, SA. |
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Date commissioned | 16 April 1935 | Lieutenant - Australian Engineers. |
Other | 02 October 1939 | Full time duty 42nd Battalion. |
Other | 13 October 1939 | Seconded 2/9th Battalion. |
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) | 10 November 1939 | Enlisted 2nd AIF. |
Other | 17 June 1940 | Arrived Scotland. |
Date wounded | 21 March 1941 | Wounded in action - gun shot wound right arm and side. |
Date of honour or award | 25 April 1941 | Military Cross. |
Other | 24 May 1941 | Returned to unit. |
Date promoted | 19 August 1941 | Appointed major. |
Other | 31 December 1941 | Arrived Middle East. |
Date returned to Australia | 28 March 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 | 1943-04-19 - 1943-05-30 | Course - Land Headquarters Tactical (senior officers). |
Other | 16 October 1943 | Course - Land Headquarters School of Mechanisation. |
Other units | 1943-10-18 - 1945-07-01 | Commanding officer 8th Battalion. |
Other | 17 December 1943 | Arrived New Guinea. |
Date returned to Australia | 01 January 1944 | Returned to Townsville. |
Date promoted | 16 March 1944 | Appointed lieutenant colonel. |
Other | 25 May 1944 | Arrived Lae. |
Other units | 1944-05-27 - 1944-06-23 | Attached Headquarters 23rd Brigade. |
Date returned to Australia | 17 July 1944 | Returned to Townsville. |
Other | 31 July 1944 | Arrived Moresby. |
Other | 26 September 1944 | Arrived Emirau Island. |
Other | 26 April 1945 | Arrived Munda. |
Other | 27 April 1945 | Arrived Treasury Island. |
Other | 30 April 1945 | Arrived Bougainville. |
Date returned to Australia | 12 May 1945 | Returned to Brisbane. |
Other | 19 July 1945 | Arrived Lae. |
Other | 21 July 1945 | Reserve of Officers. |
Other | 07 September 1953 | Headquarters Northern Command. |
Other | 18 November 1956 | Reserve of Officers. |
Date of death | 09 May 1973 | |
Date returned to Australia | c 1945-06-27 | Returned to Sydney. |