Herbert Owen FARRELLY

FARRELLY, Herbert Owen

Service Number: 3385
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 52nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Chelma, Queensland, Australia, 1894
Home Town: Eton, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 21 October 1917
Cemetery: Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery
Plot 11, Row F, Grave 6 Rev. C. Loueragan Headstone inscription reads: Have mercy upon him Lord and let perpetual light shine upon him , Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Eton War Memorial, Homebush & District Honor Board, Mackay Cenotaph, Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

29 Oct 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3385, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Mackay, QLD
24 Jan 1917: Involvement Private, 3385, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917: Embarked Private, 3385, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Bernard John and Lucy Maria Farrelly of Eton, Mackay, QLD

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal