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Bert Beros Bert Beros i(A31246 works by) (a.k.a. H "Bert" Beros; Herbert E. Beros)
Also writes as: Sapper H E "Bert" Beros
Born: Established: 30 Apr 1907 Hamilton, Ontario,
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Canada,
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Americas,
; Died: Ceased: 1 Feb 1974 Gosford, Central Coast, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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1 The Coloured Digger i "He came and joined the colours, when the War God's anvil rang,", Sapper H E "Bert" Beros , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 7 May no. 425 2008; (p. 23)
1 1 The Coloured Digger i "He came and joined the colours", Sapper H E "Bert" Beros , 1994 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: Too Dark for the Light Horse : Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander People in the Defence Forces : Resource Book : Memorial Box 03 1994; (p. 8) Koori Mail , 25 April no. 399 2007; (p. 4) Law Anthology 2011; (p. 22)

During World War Two, Sapper Bert Beros wrote this poem about one of his comrades, Aboriginal soldier, Private West, who attacked a Japanese machine-gun pit single handed. (Too Dark For the Light Horse, 1994) This poem was one of the inspirations behind the inaugural Coloured Diggers March.

1 Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels (Dedicated to Sapper Victor Cooke) i "Many a mother in Australia,", Bert Beros , 1944 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: The Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels 1944; Stockman's Hall of Fame , September vol. 56 no. 1995; (p. 13)
1 y separately published work icon The Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels Bert Beros , Sydney : F. H. Johnston Publishing Co. Pty Ltd , 1944 Z866215 1944 selected work poetry war literature
1 From : Nostalgia i "It's springtime now in Aussie,", Bert Beros , 1944 extract poetry war literature (Nostalgia)
— Appears in: Poets at War : An Anthology of Verse by Australian Servicemen 1944; (p. 26)
1 When It's Springtime On the Clarence i "There are jacarandas growing,", Bert Beros , 1944 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: Poets at War : An Anthology of Verse by Australian Servicemen 1944; (p. 24-25) Favourite Australian Poems 1963; (p. 64-65)
1 Nostalgia i "It's springtime now in Aussie,", Bert Beros , 1943 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: The Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels and Other Verses 1943; (p. 42-43)
1 y separately published work icon The Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels and Other Verses Sapper H E "Bert" Beros , Sydney : F. H. Johnston Publishing Co. Pty Ltd , 1943 Z892657 1943 selected work poetry
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