Herman Robert FREEMAN

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Service Number:	3314
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Calmar, Sweden, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Mount Barker, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Memorials:	Mount Barker Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Roll of Honor

27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3314, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3314, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
10 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 3314, 1st Pioneer Battalion
Date unknown:	Wounded 3314, 1st Pioneer Battalion

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· Herman Freeman Robert was born in Sweden.

· He had grey eyes, brown hair and fair skin.

· He was 5 feet and 7 inches tall and had a tattoo on his forearm.

· He was married and was occupied as a carpenter before he signed up for the army at age 44.

· He served in the army for a year and he never once completed a full day’s work. He couldn’t even use a pick or a shovel.

· He had senility and he had to return home.