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GOLLAN, Herbert Roy
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2 |
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| 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 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2, 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ | |
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| 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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