LOVETT, Herbert Stahle
| Service Number: | V5180 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Lake Condah, Victoria, Australia, 20 November 1897 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, 30 May 1976, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Hamilton Lawn Cemetery, Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia SSB-LAWN-205, Register Number 12364 |
| Memorials: | Heywood St. Mary's Mission Church Great War Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V5180 | |
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| 12 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V5180 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James Ebenezer LOVETT and Hannah nee McDONALD
Herbert, the youngest of the brothers to serve in WWI, enlisted in 1917. As he was only 19 years old, his parents were required to give special permission for him to join. He fought on the Western Front as a Private in the 15th Machine Gun Company and participated in the attack that broke the Hindenburg Line in 1918, the last and strongest of the German army's defence. He was discharged in July 1919 and was awarded two medals for his service.
Herbert married Emma Foster from Harrow in 1926 and went on to have six children. His daughter, Iris Lovett Gardiner, was inducted to the Victorian Indigenous Honour Roll in 2012. Herbert was musically gifted and played the organ at Lake Condah's church. He was also the choirmaster and worked in the timber industry.
In August 1940, Herbert re-enlisted as a Private. He served as a cook in the Australian Army Canteen Corps and was discharged in October 1945.
Herbert passed away in 1976 at the age of 78.
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