Hjalmar Bernard Bergroth

Alias Bergruth; Bernard Morley
Born 16.03.1889
Place Helsingfors (Helsinki), Finland
Ethnic origin Finnish
Religion Roman Catholic
Family

Wife Elizabeth Bergroth (nee Burke), married 1913, Fremantle; children Bernard Leonard, b. 1916, Dudley Vernon, b. 1918, Judith Gloria Dawn Charlotte, b. 1933, Graham Trevor

Arrived at Australia on 11.10.1908
per Gneisenau
disembarked at Fremantle, WA
Residence before enlistment Perth, Subiaco
Occupation 1911 labourer, 1916 motor mechanic & driver, 1924 carpenter
Naturalisation 1911
Residence after the war 1924 Melbourne; 1924-1926 worked as a carpenter rigger at flight workshop RAAF

Service #1

Service number 6044
Enlisted 28.06.1916
Place of enlistment Perth
Unit 28th Battalion; Australian Mechanical Transport Service
Rank Private, Driver
Place England
Final fate RTA 27.08.1917
Discharged 2.11.1917 MU

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