IRWIN, Samuel Herbert
| Service Number: | 3853 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 August 1915, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Auburn, NSW, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Annandale, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Auburn and Caversham (Dunedin) Public Schools |
| Occupation: | Machinist |
| Died: | Lismore, NSW, 3 October 1975, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lismore Memorial Gardens (Cemetery & Crematorium - Goonellabah) Col 4 |
| Memorials: | Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3853, 17th Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3853, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3853, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Eldest son of Mr. S.R. Irwin, of Omarau, New Zealand, Samuel was born at Auburn NSW in 1887 and educated at the Auburn and Caversham (Dunedin) Public Schools. He joined the machine department of the Sydney Morning Herald in 1908.
Enlisting in August 1915, he proceeded overseas with reinforcements for the 17th Battalion and took part in heavy fighting on the Western Front from March 16 onwards. In the battle of Pozieres he sustained shell shock. He was next in the fighting around Bapaume, and there suffered from trench feet. Light work at the base of Etaples followed. He rejoined his battalion and went into the line again at Ypres, being severely wounded in September 1917, and declared unfit for further service.
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