STAIT, Herbert Victor
| Service Number: | 4200 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 May 1889 |
| Home Town: | Coburg, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4200, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4200, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of John and Mary ann STAIT
PRIVATE H. V. STAIT.
Mr. and Mrs. Stait of 7 Allen-street, Coburg, have received official notice that their second youngest son, No. 4200 Herbert Victor Stait, of the 24th Battalion, was killed in action on the 4th October. Private Stait had been previously wounded on 4th May and was admitted to the General Military Hospital, Chatham, England on the 7th May, and discharged from same on the 13th June. He returned to duty in France after a short rest, Private Stait enlisted on the 13th December, 1915, and sailed for France on the transport Wiltshire in March, 1916. Before enlisting, he was employed for 71/2 years by Mr. M. O'Keeffe, North Melbourne. R.I.P.
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