Herbert Simons PIPER

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Service Number:	1759
Enlisted:	25 January 1915, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Solomontown, South Australia, Australia, 25 November 1894
Home Town:	Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 7 October 1918, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Block S, Plot 11, Row H, Grave 6, St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Norwood Primary School Honour Board, Port Pirie Boer War Memorial, Port Pirie Oval WW1 Memorial Gates

25 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1759, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA
23 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1759, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
23 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1759, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide
2 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1759, 27th Infantry Battalion, Multiple gunshot wounds to the back, left hip and knee

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Son of David Piper and Selina (nee Simons) Piper of Port Pirie; brother of David Francies Piper, Edgar Harold Piper and Clarence Earle Piper

30 November 1915 - to hospital with Jaundice

13 March 1916 - diagnosed with Tuberculois

17 October 1916 - rejoined his Battalion

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal