Private Herbert William (Bert) Berman was born in Uralla NSW in 1894. He joined the 1st A.I.F., his regimental number being 799, and as a member of the 4th Battalion landed at Gallipoli on 25th of April 1915. His name is on the the Uralla Public School First World War Honour Roll.

As a member of Chatswood Rifle Club he competed in many King’s Prizes before the start of the Second World War. He was known as a short range specialist and established a number of record scores when it was the fashion to carry on shooting after scoring a possible until an inner was scored. He won a number of King’s Badges in NSW, Victoria and Queensland, and in 1934 won the First Stage of the King’s, known then as ‘The Prince of Wales’ with a perfect score of 105/105. He had quite a day that day because he also shot 40/40 in the Service Match. His son Graeme remembered his father in an article written in 1988. “My father was an interesting character, being a great experimenter so far as shooting was concerned. He fiddled constantly with his rifles, with bedding techniques and different barrels. He had a most unusual position with an exceptionally short sling brought about by his shooting with the butt on his upper arm rather than on his shoulder.The photograph of him on the mound with his SMLE will interest young shooters as it shows him using a ‘double arm sling’, shortly to be banned. As a young boy I was taken many saturdays down to Chatswood Rifle Range. The Chatswood Club was full of characters who were like many befor the war, poor but happy. I well recall being taken shooting rabbits behind the butts by Ben Hardy, a club mate of my fathers.”  Bert continued shooting immediately after the Second World War however ill health plagued him and his latter years before his death in 1972 were not comfortable.