HERBERT, John
| Service Number: | 4766 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Police Constable |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 9 September 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Brisbane Queensland Police Service Roll of Honour, Maryborough City Hall Honour Roll, Maryborough Queen's Park War Memorial, Maryborough St Mary's College War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 4766, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 4766, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 9 Sep 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 4766, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4766 awm_unit: 41st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-09-09 |
Short Story
Constable John Herbert joined the Queensland Police at the age of 20 in February 1908. He was stationed at Petrie and Woolloongabba for four years, Woodford for three years and then back to Petrie for six months before joining the A.I.F. He was awarded the Police 'Medal for Merit' for stopping a bolting horse and butchers' cart on 4 March 1912 by grabbing the horse reins (at great risk to himself) before anyone was hurt. Private Herbert embarked from Sydney on 7 February 1917, aboard the HMAT Wiltshire as part of the 31st Infantry Battalion. He was initially assigned to the 31st Battalion with his two brothers but was sent as part of the reinforcements to the 41st Battalion on 4 January 1918 as a Lance Corporal. On 7 September, the 41st attacked Roisel in northern France and took heavy machine gun and artillery fire. Lance Corporal Herbert, 29, was wounded by shrapnel to the back and chest during this attack and died from his wounds two days later on 9 September 1918. His two brothers survived the war.
Submitted 22 August 2019 by Kym Hyson
Biography contributed by Kym Hyson
Constable John Herbert joined the Queensland Police at the ae of 20 in february 1908. He was stationed at Petrie and Woolloongabba for four years, Woodford for three years and then back to Petrie for six months before joining the A.I.F. He was awareded the Police 'Medal for Merit' for stopping a bolting horse and butchers' cart on 4 March 1912 by grabbing he horse reins (at great risk to himself) before anyone was hurt. Private Herbert embarked from Sydney on 7 February 1917 aboard the HMAT Wiltshire as part of the 31st Infantry Battalion. he was initially assigned to the 31st Ballation with his two brothers but was sent as part of the reinforcements to the 41st Battalion on 4 January 1918 as a Lance Corporal. On 7 September, the 41st attacked Roisel in northern France and took heavy machine gun and artillery fire. Lance Corporal Herbert 29, was wounded by shrapnel to the back and chest during this attack and died from would two days later on 9 September 1918. His two brothers survived the war.
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