Herbert Noel WALDEN

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Service Number:	1431
Enlisted:	30 October 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Guernsey, Channel Islands, England, 1893
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	St. Sampsons School, Guernsey, England
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 August 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 11, Row G, Grave 41 Headstone inscription reads: The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

30 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1431, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
22 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1431, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
1 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1431, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, KIA 1 August

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Arrived in Australia aged 19 years

Son of Edward Thomas Walden of Baubiguy Street, Stephens, Guernsey, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

His trade was Blacksmith

He was apprenticed for seven years as a tool sharpener with Hedley Bourgaourd of Guernssey, Channel Islands

He was also served in the Militia for a couple of years

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