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MCCORMICK, Herbert Keith
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 709 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 October 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Dromana, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Victoria, Australia, 12 November 1971, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Memorial ID 244442394 |
| Memorials: | Currie King Island Great War Honour Roll, Dromana War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 709, 8th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 12 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 709, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Armadale, Melbourne | |
| 12 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 709, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 709, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, TOS | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 709, 8th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, The Nek | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 709, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Magdhaba | |
| 27 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 709, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Battles of Gaza , 1st and 2nd | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 709, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Beersheba | |
| 30 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 709, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Es Salt Raid | |
| 19 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 709, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Megiddo - Syria 1918 | |
| 18 Oct 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Palestine | |
| 19 Aug 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 709, 8th Light Horse Regiment, England to Australia, arrived on 10 October 1919. | |
| 10 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 709, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Fought at Gallipoli and in the Middle East. |
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