Herbert Walter HETZEL

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HETZEL, Herbert Walter

Service Number:	2929
Enlisted:	14 September 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hallett's Valley, South Australia, 26 July 1889
Home Town:	Gawler, Gawler, South Australia
Schooling:	Tanunda Public School
Occupation:	Wheelwright
Died:	Killed in Action, Zonnebeke, Belgium, 13 October 1917, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gawler Baptist Church WW1 Honour Roll, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, Kilburn Islington Railway Workshops Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Port Adelaide S.A. Railways Carriage and Wagon Dept. Roll of Honor, Tanunda Roll of Honor, Tusmore Burnside District Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2929, Adelaide, South Australia
6 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2929, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
6 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2929, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
13 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2929, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres

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Biography

Born on 26 July 1889 at Hallets Valley, just outside Tanunda, South Australia.

Enlisted at Adelaide on 14 September 1916. NoK: Wife - Mrs Silveress May Hetzel of Swaine Ave, Rose Park, South Australia. She later moved to Henley Beach.

Embarked 6 November 1916 with 7th Reinforcements of the 50th Battalion and disembarked at Plymouth on 9 January 1917.

Transferred to 13th Training Battalion at Codford.

Taken on strength by the 50th Battalion in France on 15 April 1917.

Promoted to Corporal in the field on 13 September 1917.

Killed in Action 13 October 1917. Was serving in A Company Lewis Gun Team near Zonnebeke when he was killed by shell fire.

British War Medal: 152005?

Victory Medal: 151585

Memorial Plaque: 337308

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