Hercules VALMADRE

Hercules VALMADRE Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

VALMADRE, Hercules

Service Number:	2456
Enlisted:	1 June 1916, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	St Arnaud, Victoria, 1886
Home Town:	St Arnaud, North Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 29 September 1917
Cemetery:	Menin Road South Military Cemetery Plot II, Row 1, Grave 11, Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

1 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2456, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Melbourne
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2456, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2456, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
29 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2456, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Polygon Wood

Help us honour Hercules Valmadre's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Hercules VALMADRE was born in 1886 in St Arnaud, Victoria

His parents were Hercules VALMADRE and Mary Ann EVANS who married in Victoria in 1885 - his father was born in Italy & his mother was born in Victoria

He was Killed in Action on 29th September, 1917 & buried in Menin Road Military Cemetery - Plot II, Row 1, Grave 11

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the St Arnaud Borough Town Hall Honour Roll in Victoria

Medals: British War Medal & Victory Medal

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia