HERRIOTT, Walter Ernest (Walter Charles HERRIOT)
| Service Number: | 3364 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glen Waverley, Victoria, Australia, January 1895 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | GSW to Pelvis & Pyaemia, Middlesex Hospital, Clacton-on-Sea, England, United Kingdom, 14 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Clacton Cemetery, Essex, England Row C, Grave No. 234, Clacton Cemetery, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glen Waverley WW1 War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3364, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3364, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3364, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
CWGC show his name as Walter ERNEST not Walter CHARLES, and his wargrave Private Memorial shows his initials as W.E. His death registration shows the initial of his middle name as ‘E’
The AWM Embarkation Roll (www.awm.gov.au) upon which ALL original service profiles are drawn from has incorrectly recorded the middle Christian name and spelling of the Surname.
Deaths Sep 1916
Herriott Walter E 21 Tendring 4a 623
He was 21/22 and the son of David William and Catherine Herriott. He served with the 59th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Service Number 3364
19 August 1916, The Newsman
“DOUBLE AUSTRALIAN FUNERAL. Two wounded soldiers of the Australian Contingent died at the Middlesex Red Cross Hospital, Clacton, on Monday—Pt. Walter Ernest Herriott and Pt. Albert Jas. Thomson. They were buried with military honours on Wednesday, the Durham L. I. providing escort, band, and firing party. There was a large attendance at the cemetery. The service was conducted by the Rev. J. Silvester, vicar of Great Clacton, and the Rev. Walter J. Elvy, Wesleyan minister at Clacton. The floral emblems included tokens from the local wounded soldiers’ fund and the Red Cross Society.”
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 14th August......Private Walter Ernest Herriott/Herriot was born at Glen Waverley, Victoria in 1895. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 14th July, 1915 as a 20 year old Gardener from Waverley, Victoria.
Private Herriot embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on 11th October, 1915 with the 7th Infantry Battalion, 11th Reinforcements. After time in Egypt he arrive din France on 29th June, 1916.
Private Herriot was wounded in action in France on 19th July, 1916 & invalided to England where he was admitted to General Military Hospital at Colchester, England on 25th July, 1916 with GSW.
Private Walter Ernest Herriott died on 14th August, 1916 at Middlesex Hospital, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England from wounds received in action in France - GSW to Pelvis & Pyaemia.
Pte Herriott was buried on 16th August, 1916 on the same day as LCpl Albert James Thomson in Clacton Cemetery, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England. They are the only 2 Australian Soldiers buried in this Cemetery
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/clacton.html
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