Herbert Walter (Bert) FLAHERTY

FLAHERTY, Herbert Walter

    Service Number: 37
    Enlisted: 17 September 1914, Enlisted at Bowen, QLD
    Last Rank: Trooper
    Last Unit: 5th Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Blackall, Queensland, Australia, 1886
    Home Town: Mackay, Mackay, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Stockman
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 November 1915
    Cemetery: Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula
    Plot 1, Row G, Grave 3 Chaplain Father Mullins officiated
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Proserpine Cenotaph, Proserpine War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 37, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Bowen, QLD
    21 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 37, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
    21 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 37, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney
    25 Nov 1915: Involvement Trooper, 37, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 37 awm_unit: 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-11-25

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Emily Esther Setter of Proserpine, QLD. Brother of Kate Rodda nee Flaherty. Half brother of Maud Chandler.

    Bert was one the first six men to enlist from Proserpine.  He was also the town's first killed in action by an artillery shell while on duty in the firing line.  Death was intantaneous.

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

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