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PACKER, Herbert William
| Service Number: | 8655 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Paradise, South Australia, 16 March 1882 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 10 December 1955, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Stirling District Cemetery, S.A. |
| Memorials: | Ceduna Murat Bay and District WW1 Honor Roll, Tea Tree Gully Hope Valley Methodist Church and District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Nov 1915: | Involvement Driver, 8655, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Nov 1915: | Embarked Driver, 8655, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Driver, 8655 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 8655 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
Herbert William Packer was born in Highbury, South Australia on the 16th of March 1882. His mother was Julia Alice White, and his father was Nathaniel Packer.
Before the war, Herbert worked as a farmer. Herbert enlisted in the AIF on 13th October 1915, before embarking later on November 22nd. He disembarked at Suez and completed training in Eygpt before proceeding to France in March 1916. He fought on the Western Front.
Herbert returned home and was discharged 27th June 1919. He married Gwendoline Clarice Fuller. In 1929, Herbert would become a father after the birth of his son, Deane Melvyn Packer. Herbert would also have a daughter, Dawn.
Herbert William Packer passed away on December 10, 1955, at age 74. He is now remembered at the Ceduna Murat Bay District WW1 Honour Roll in Ceduna, South Australia, as well as at the Tea Tree Gully Hope Valley Methodist Church District Roll of Honor in Tea Tree Gully, South Australia.
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