HERFORD, Walter Harrel
| Service Number: | 1397 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
| Born: | Manchester, Lancashire, England , 21 October 1867 |
| Home Town: | Katanning, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Tuberculosis of lung, Pleurisy & Pneumonia, Military Hospital, Prees Heath, Salop (Shropshire), England, 4 October 1917, aged 49 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tilstock (Christ Church) Churchyard Extension, Shropshire, England |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1397, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
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| 1 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1397, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Benalla, Fremantle | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 1397, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1397 awm_unit: Australian Flying Corps awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Walter Harrel Hereford was born at Manchester, Lancashire, England in 1867.
He came to Australia & enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 13th August, 1915 as a 42 year old
Farmer from Katanning, Western Australia.
Private Herford, Service number 1397, embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia on 1st November, 1915.
He was mustered as Gunner with 4th Divisional Artillery Column on 1st April, 1916.
In February, 1917 Gunner Herford was hospitalised with haemorrhoids & sent to England where he was operated on. After recovering he was reported as being Absent without leave on 3 occasions.
On 10th September, 1917 Gunner Herford was admitted to Military Hospital, Prees Heath, Shropshire, England suffering from Tuberculosis of lung, Pleurisy & Tubercular Pneumonia. He was reported as dangerously ill on 3rd October, 1917.
Gunner Walter Harrel Herford died at 12.05 pm on 4th October, 1917 from Tuberculosis of lung, Pleurisy & Pneumonia.
He was buried in Christ Church Churchyard Extension, Tilstock, Shropshire, England where 3 other Australians are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/tilstock.html
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