Herbert HOUSE

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Service Number:	5493
Enlisted:	17 August 1915, Enlisted at Richmond, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	13th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Toolamba, Victoria, Australia, 1881
Home Town:	Richmond (Q), Richmond, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 17 July 1952, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Tristania, Wall 4AA, Niche 130. Cremation service held 18 September 1952 and held in perpetuity for all time
Memorials:	Euroa Telegraph Park

17 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5493, 6th Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Richmond, Victoria
17 Dec 1915:	Involvement Sapper, 5493, 6th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
17 Dec 1915:	Embarked Sapper, 5493, 6th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
6 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 13th Field Company Engineers
19 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 13th Field Company Engineers, Reverted to Sapper at his own request on 17 December 1917
5 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5493, 13th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Alfred House and Margaret House nee Carroll of Victoria.

Next of kin given as his sister Emma of 'Somerset', Euroa, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 13 April 1919 aboard HT Commonwealth disembarking on 12 June 1919 at Sydney for onward travet to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Herbert married Isabel McIntyre in Victoria

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