Soldier profiles
Name : BERG, BENJAMIN
Service Number : VX16234
Date of Birth : 05/05/1902
Place of Birth : JAFFA, PALESTINE
Known as : BARNEY
Occupation on Enlistment : SOLDIER
Date of Enlistment : 20/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : BERG, MARIE MORRAINE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CAPTAIN
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) : 02/05/1940 PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN (2/2 PIONEERS)
Theatres of War : SYRIA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 18/02/1947
Date Died : 10/02/1950
Age at Death : 47
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6215124 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_P01613.001.jpg, Death notice (The Argus 15/02/1950), Death notice (The Argus 11/02/1950)
Background : Husband of Marie Morraine Berg. Father of Barbara.
