POWELL, Herbert Myles
| Service Number: | 2467 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 April 1916, Bathurst, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia, 3 March 1892 |
| Home Town: | Lue, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Pyangle Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 30 September 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2467, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Bathurst, NSW | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2467, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2467, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Anchises, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
From eye witnesses, Herbert Powell was killed by a shell which fell short at Polygon Wood in Belgium in 1917. He had been born and raised at Rock Valley, Lue, NSW, about 20 kilometers from Mudgee in NSW. His half-brother, (their father was twice married) Thomas Hilton Powell died of enteric disease, Boer War, 5 December 1901.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas and Charlotte POWELL, Rock Valley, Lue, New South Wales
News has been received that Private Herbert M. Powell, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Powell, of Lue, was killed in action, in France, on September 30. The deceased soldier was about 24 years of age, and prior to his enlistment was employed as a farm hand in the district. Mrs. Powell lost a son, Hilton Powell, in the Boer War.
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