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Bertram Aubrey

Private

8th Battalion

Medals Earned

  • British War Medal
  • 1914-15 Star
  • Military Medal
  • Victory Medal

Tree Information

  • Species: Quercus Cerris
  • Planted By: Unknown
  • Plaque: 3925

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Biography

Born in Liverpool, England, Bertram Aubrey was a single 21 year old farmer at the time of his enlistment on the 6th of November 1914. His unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on the 2nd of February 1915.
On the 22nd of May 1915, Bertram was wounded in action with gunshot wounds to his upper and lower extremities. He recovered, and rejoined his battalion on the 8th of June 1915.
On the 19th of August 1916, Bertram was awarded the Military Medal.
He was wounded in action on a second occasion on the 26th of August 1918, He embarked for England on the 4th of September, and was admitted to the Birmingham War Hospital on the 6rh of September with a penetrating gunshot wound to his left side.
Bertram returned to Australia on the 4th of February 1919, and was discharged as medically unfit on the 5th of April 1919.

Tree No. 3925

Location in Ballarat Avenue of Honour