Herbert Roy GOLLAN MC, MID, DSO

Service Number:	2
Enlisted:	19 October 1914
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	56th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gawler, South Australia, Australia, 29 August 1892
Home Town:	Newtown, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Bendigo Central School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Newspaper reporter
Died:	Emerald, Victoria, Australia, 28 March 1968, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

19 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2, 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ
25 Feb 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 2, 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
25 Feb 1915:	Embarked Corporal, 2, 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne
15 Jul 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ
1 Jun 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 58th Infantry Battalion
6 Jun 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 58th Infantry Battalion
4 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 54th Infantry Battalion
24 Jan 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 54th Infantry Battalion, GSW to chest above left nipple
21 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 56th Infantry Battalion
24 Oct 1918:	Honoured Military Cross, Polygon Wood
23 May 1919:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches
15 Sep 1919:	Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, For Conspicuous gallentry and devotion to duty during the attack launched on the Hindenberg Line near Bellicourt on 29th September 1918
5 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 56th Infantry Battalion

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