Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

27/08/1915

Date of Discharge

27/07/1919

Place of Enlistment

Goulburn NSW

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Berry NSW

Address (at enlistment)

Power House, Canberra ACT

Occupation

Electrician

Next of Kin

Benjamin Naveau (father), Power House ACT

Service Number

1426

Final Rank

Lance Corporal

Final Unit

7 Light Horse Regiment AIF

Queanbeyan RSL Wall of Remembrance, Crawford St, Queanbeyan NSW
Queanbeyan Methodist Church Roll of Honour

Bert Naveau was in Canberra by May 1912 with his father and family, probably living at the Home Affairs camp at Duntroon. He played football for Federals and Queanbeyan Rovers (which he captained). Naveau was a 22 year old carpenter working in Canberra with the Department of Works and Railways at the Power House when he enlisted in August 1915. He served with the 7th light Horse Regiment and the 2nd Machine Gun Squadron in Sinai and Palestine from August 1916 rising to the rank of Lance Corporal. He returned to Australia in June 1919 and was discharged on 27 July 1919. Naveau was the brother of Frank Naveau and died in Dubbo on 6 August 1974.

Description - height 5 feet 6 inches, weight 145 pounds, chest 33 inches, fair complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair, Church of England.

Our Queanbeyan 'Boys' No.2, Howard & Shearsby, Yass (postcard)
Rex Cross, 'Bygone Queanbeyan', 1980
Queanbeyan Age - 13 July 1915, 12 November 1915, 30 November 1915, 13 October 1916, 11 December 1917, 25 November 1919
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)