Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Semaphore, South Australia |
Other Names | Penny, Bertram Stephens |
School | St Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Solicitor |
Address | Semaphore, South Australia |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 30 |
Height | 5' 10.25" |
Weight | 156 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Ethel May Penny, 58 South Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia |
Previous military service | Member (3 months), Law Rifle Club: still a member at time of AIF enlistment. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Keswick, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 32nd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 32nd Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Date of death | |
Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
Place of burial | West Terrace Cemetery (Family Vault), Adelaide, South Australia |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 80 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles and Emma PENNEY; husband of Mrs E. PENNY, North Shore, Sydney. Native of Semaphore, South Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt Embarked Adelaide, 11 January 1916; disembarked Suez, 9 February 1916. Taken on strength, 16th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 7 March 1916. Admitted to 54th Casualty Clearing Station, 24 May 1916 (not yet diagnosed); transferred to 1st Australian Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, 27 May 1916 (neurasthenia); to No 5 Hospital train No 5, 2 June 1916, and admitted to No 3 Austraslian General Hospital, Abbassia, 2 June 1916, with 'history of nervous breakdown, accompanied by delusions of persecution; similar attacks had occurred 4 years previously. Medical Board concluded: mental depression and melancholia; 'probably' permanently incapacitated for military service. Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HS 'Karoola', 5 July 1916; appointment terminated (discharged) (permanently unfit), 5 September 1916. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Sources | NAA: B2455, PENNY Bertram Stephen |