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YATES, Herbert Frank Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 714 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 February 1916, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Printer |
| Died: | Malvern, Victoria, 1980, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 714, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 37th Infantry Battalion, Prior to embarking | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 714, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 714, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 37th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 714, 37th Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the back. Invalided to England on 17 June 1917 from Boulogne | |
| 6 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 714, 37th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Herbert Yates and Elizabeth Ann Prince Yates nee Walker of Malvern Road, Malvern, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 16 July 1917 aboard HT Kanowna disembarking on the 11 September 1917
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1926c Herbert married Ethel Madge Scoullar in Victoria