Arthur Bergin
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BERGIN, Arthur Service no: 3362 [1]
Place of birth: Molong
Address: Orange
Occupation: Labourer
Next of kin: Mary Bergin (sister), Summer Street, Orange, later 147 Bridge Road, Glebe.
Date of enlistment: 15 January 1916
Place of enlistment: Brisbane
Age at enlistment: 29
Fate: Embarked HMAT A33 Ayrshire, Sydney, 24 January 1917. Disembarked Devonport, 12 April 1917. Marched in to 13th Training Battalion, Codford, 13 April 1917. Hospitalised with influenza, 30 May 1917. Rejoined 13th Training Battalion 4 June 1917. Hospitalised 26 June 1917. Rejoined 13th Training Battalion 15 July 1917. Embarked at Southampton for France, 25 September 1917. Marched in to 4th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Havre, 26 September 1917. Taken on strength, 52nd Battalion, 5 October 1917. Admitted to 58th Casualty Clearing Station with scabies, 31 October 1917. Transferred to hospital, Boulogne, 13 November 1917. Rejoined unit, Havre, 29 November 1917. Hospitalised with scabies 8 March 1918. Rejoined unit 19 March 1918. Reported as killed in action, Dernancourt sector, France, 5 April 1918. Reported as having died of wounds whilst a prisoner of war in German hands, 9 April 1918.
Date of death: 5 April 1918
Buried: Tincourt New British Cemetery, France, Plot IX, Row C, Grave 17