DALE, Herbert John
| Service Number: | NX9196 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 December 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2) |
| Born: | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia, 4 April 1916 |
| Home Town: | Fairfield, Fairfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Transport Driver (Unemployed) |
| Died: | Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, 7 July 1966, aged 50 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Dec 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX9196 | |
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| 5 May 1940: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX9196, Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2), embarked Sydney for Gourock | |
| 9 Jan 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX9196, Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2), embarked Gourock for Middle East | |
| 5 Apr 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX9196, Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2), embarked Middle East for Port Adelaide on board SS Hadleigh | |
| 30 Nov 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX9196, Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2), embarked Cairns for Bougainville on board India Victory | |
| 20 Feb 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX9196, Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2), embarked Bougainville for Sydney on board the Duntroon | |
| 7 Apr 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX9196, Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2), embarked Brisbane for Torokina on board the Katoomba | |
| 22 Sep 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX9196, Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2), embarked Torokina for Brisbane on board the Katoomba | |
| 11 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX9196 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Herbert John Dale (Service No:NX9196) enlisted in the AIF on 19 December 1939, and served with the Australian Army Provost Corps in Gourock, Scotland, in the Middle East ('Pte Dale saw service in Africa at the siege of Tobruk' The Biz; Fairfield NSW; Thursday 23 August 1943; p2), and in Bougainville and Torokina. Private Dale was a Craftsman attached to 9 Australian Division Provost Coy at Discharge on 11 October 1945.
Born in Adelong, New South Wales in 1916, Herbert was youngest of two children of John Dale (b1884 in Brighton, Victoria) and Gertrude Ilma Clee (b1888 in Adelong, New South Wales). John was a Labourer in 1909 when he and Gertrude married in Tumut. The couple lived in Gocup via Wagga Wagga, where John was a Labourer. In 1916 when John joined the NSWGR, he and Gertrude settled in Sydney where they raised their family and John was a Railway Employee until retirement in 1950.
Herbert was an unemployed Transport Driver in Sydney in 1939 when he enlisted in the Army. In 1942 in Sydney he married Winsome May Innes (b1917 in Sydney, New South Wales). Following his Discharge from the Army, Herbert and Winsome settled in Sydney, where they raised their family and Herbert was a Railway Employee until his death in 1966. Winsome died in 2011.
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