Charles HERBERT MM

HERBERT, Charles

    Service Number: 1842
    Enlisted: 7 April 1916, West Maitland
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 34th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Camden, New South Wales, Australia, 22 September 1881
    Home Town: Monkerai, Great Lakes, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Timber Cutter
    Died: Hodgin's lymphoma, Concord Repatriation Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 25 March 1968, aged 86 years
    Cemetery: Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
    Cremated
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    World War 1 Service

    7 Apr 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1842, 34th Infantry Battalion, West Maitland
    4 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 1842, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
    4 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 1842, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney
    28 Sep 1917: Honoured Military Medal, Battle of Messines, For bravery in the field on the night of 15/16 July 1917 at Messines, in company with 215 Private James Germyn, went out on three occassions into No Man's Land under enemy machine gun and rifle fire and recovered three casualties from near the enemy posts. Again on the morning of 26 July 1917 they carried a severely wounded man, above the front line trench in full view of the enemy, to the Aid Post.
    1 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1842, 34th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, GSW right thigh
    10 Jan 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1842, 34th Infantry Battalion, HT Corinthic, England for invaliding to Australia and transhipped at Suez to HT Port Darwin - disembarking Sydney 7 March 1918
    4 Sep 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1842, 34th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit

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