Regimental number - 75
Place of birth - Melbourne, Victoria
Religion - Church of England
Occupation - Sheet metal worker
Address - 60 Lock Street, Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital status - Single
Age at embarkation - 20
Height - 5' 8"
Weight - 140 lbs
Next of kin - Father, Oscar Bergstrom, 60 Lock Street, Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military service - Served for 1 year in the Senior Cadets; 2.5 years in the Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date - 1 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll - 1 May 1915
Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment - Private
Unit name - 23rd Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number - 23/40/1
Embarkation details - Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll - Lance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll - 23rd Battalion
Fate - Returned to Australia 30 January 1918
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front
Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranena Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 30 August 1915.
Disembarked Alexandria, 27 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 30 March 1916.
Appointed Lance Corporal, 1 April 1917.
Wounded in action, 3 May 1917 (gun shot wound, left thigh), and admitted to 6th Australian Field Ambulance; transferred same day to 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train No 11, 4 May 1917, and admitted to 11th Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 5 May 1917; transferred to England, 18 May 1917, and admitted same day to Northampton War Hospital (wound, slight). Transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 26 September 1917; discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 6 November 1917.
Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Euripides', 30 January1918; disembarked Melbourne, 21 March 1918; discharged (wounded), Melbourne, 18 July 1918.
Five Bergstrom brothers served in WW1, one was killed in action. Then two brothers also served in WW2
