Gunner Eric Berthon

Service number	36866
Birth Date	1897
Death Date	1918-10-13
Death Place	France
Final Rank	Gunner
Service	Australian Imperial Force
Unit	10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
Place	France
Conflict/Operation	First World War, 1914-1918

Description

Eric Berthon was a Gunner in the 38th Battery, 10 Field Artillery, A.I.F. Born in 1897 at Brighton, Victoria, the son of Louis de Crillon and Mabel Berthon, he was educated at Haileybury College, Brighton. He had a brilliant scholastic career, obtaining honours in Latin and Greek and was head of the school and captain of cricket and football teams. He won a Resident Scholarship to Ormond College for 1916 and completed his first year in Arts for Law, gaining honours in classics.
Although Eric again won a Resident Scholarship for 1917, he joined the A.I.F. on 21 February 1917 and embarked on the Port Sydney from Melbourne on 9 November 1917. He took part in the allied offensive at Daours in August 1918 and was wounded at Busigny, in France. He died on 13 October 1918, a few weeks before his twenty first birthday. He was buried at the Serain Communal Cemetery, near Peronne.

Collection items

Rolls

First World War Nominal Roll:

Unit

10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Gunner
Roll of Honour:

Unit

10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Gunner
Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Files:

Unit

10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Gunner
First World War Embarkation Roll:

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Gunner

Timeline

Date of birth	1897
Date of birth	1897
Date of enlistment	21 February 1917
Date of embarkation	09 November 1917
Date of death	1918
Date of death	13 October 1918
Date of death	13 October 1918
Date of fate	13 October 1918