DEER, Herbert
| Service Number: | 2654 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Balsham, Cambridgeshire, England., 1886 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Balsham, Cambridgeshire, England. |
| Occupation: | Farmer. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 18 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 – 31., Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cowell Men from Franklin Harbour WW1 Roll of Honour, Cowell War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2654, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2654, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Dec 1886 Deer Herbert Linton 3b 513
Enlisted 30 August 1916 6th Regiment, transferred to 50th Battalion 18 March 1917.
He was 30 and the son of James and Susannah Frances Deer, of Frogshall, Balsham, Cambridgeshire.He is remembered on the Balsham War Memorial. He is one of two Australian casualties of the Great War who are commemorated on the Balsham War Memorial and in te Roll of Honour Book which was created to accompany the memorial. This is displayed inside the church in Balsham.
Balsham is a rural village and civil parish in the county of Cambridgeshire, England, which has much expanded since the 1960s and is now one of several dormitory settlements of Cambridge. The village is south east of the centre of Cambridge beyond the A11 road.
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