Herbert Owen FARRELLY

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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

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

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal