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Bertie Cecil SCHAPER

Regimental number13385
Place of birthLubeck Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressLubeck, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs A A Schaper, Post Office Lubeck, Lubeck, Victoria
Previous military service19th A L H
Enlistment date3 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameDivisional Ammunition Column 1, Reinforcement 15
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/89/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Malwa on 21 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Field Artillery Brigade
FateReturned to Australia 10 January 1918
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3923 Lance Corporal Leslie Norman SCHAPER, 4th Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 3 May 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death31 January 1960
Age at death63
Place of burialRupanyup Cemetery, Victoria

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