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ENEBERG, Bror Wiggo Bernard
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(Corp) Bror Wiggo Bernard Eneberg M.M.
Corporal Bror Wiggo Bernard Eneberg, a Labourer from Walker Street, Birkenhead, Port Adelaide, South Australia, prior to enlistment 5June 1915, he embarked with the 32nd Battalion, B Company from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915.
| Regimental number | 491 |
| Religion | Lutheran |
| Occupation | Labourer |
| Address | Walker Street, Birkenhead, Port Adelaide, South Australia |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 21 |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs E Eneberg, 4 Polingatan, 7 Malino, Sweden |
| Enlistment date | 5 July 1915 |
| Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | 30 June 1915 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 32nd Battalion, B Company |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915 |
| The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked. | |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Military Medal |
| Fate | Returned to Australia 22 August 1919 |
| Medals |
Military Medal Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 133 Date: 21 August 1917 |
| Discharge date | 5 December 1919 |
| Other details | Served 4 years 154 days - 3 years 322 days abroad |
| Date of death | 23 May 1964 |
Military Medal
Created in 1916 by King George V for other ranks in the Army to correspond with the Military Cross instituted two years earlier, but eventually back dated in availability to 1914. Awarded to other ranks for 'acts of gallantry and devotion to duty under fire'.
In 1916, the Medal was extended to other ranks of the Navy serving in France, but only for actions in World War 1. In 1931, the availability of the Medal was extended to other ranks of the Air Force for gallant conduct on the ground. Recipients of the medal are entitled to use the post-nominal MM. Discontinued in 1993 when the Military Cross was made available to all ranks. The ribbon is principally of dark blue with three white and two crimson vertical stripes in the cental third. Australians have won a very large number of Medals in the campaigns to 1972 when the last award to an Australian was made. 11,038 Military Medals were awarded to Army personnel and 14 to Air Force members. 478 first Bars were awarded, 15 second Bars and a unique third Bar to a stretcher bearer with the 55th Infantry Battalion AIF in World War 1, Private E A Corey, meaning he had won the Medal four times.
Service Number: 491
Rank: Bombardier
Unit: X5A Australian Medium Trench Mortar Battery
Service: Army
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918
Award: Military Medal
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 21 August 1917
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1786, position 36
Date of London Gazette: 26 April 1917
Location in London Gazette: Page 3948, position 24
Corporal Wiggo Eneberg (8:10), standing and another Swedish, Lucander, AIF. Both were injured and allowed to recover in Malmo with their families before they returned to Adelaide, Australia. cousin Asta Eneberg (Eriksson No: 8: 3: 3), which died Christmas 1999 when said Barbara visited Sweden in 1982 that she will remember that the whole family met them at the train station. she was small, 5 or 6 years old; - "Great soldiers in strange uniforms "and all the brothers, Gotthard, J ohan, Sigfrid, Alexander, who all became intoxicated together. And even grandfather Olaf.
