Herbert Henry (Tich) BURNELL MM

BURNELL, Herbert Henry

    Service Number: 3467
    Enlisted: 7 September 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 23rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 4 January 1888
    Home Town: St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria
    Schooling: Prahran State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Painter
    Died: Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 18 December 1937, aged 49 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
    Thomas Simmons Lawn, Row BF, Grave 20
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    World War 1 Service

    7 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3467, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
    5 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 3467, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Melbourne
    5 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 3467, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
    8 Nov 1917: Honoured Military Medal, 'For conspicuous gallantry and ability in command of his platoon during the re-organisation and consolidation of the captured sector of the HINDENBURG Line on 3rd May 1917.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 189 Date: 8 November 1917
    4 Jul 1918: Wounded 3467, Gunshot wound, left thigh.
    29 May 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3467, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Devonport, UK, per S.S. Rio Negro. Disembarked Melbourne, Australia 18 July, 1919.
    13 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3467, 23rd Infantry Battalion

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    Son of Henry B and E BURNELL, 27 Jervois Street, East St Kilda, Vic.

    Military Medal

    'For conspicuous gallantry and ability in command of his platoon during the re-organisation and consolidation of the captured sector of the HINDENBURG Line on 3rd May 1917.'
    Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 189
    Date: 8 November 1917

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