Herbert William OVERLAND

Badge Number: S27671, Sub Branch: State
S27671

OVERLAND, Herbert William

    Service Number: 4834
    Enlisted: 6 February 1917, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 43rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 28 December 1892
    Home Town: Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
    Schooling: Public School, Queensland; Port Pirie West School, South Australia
    Occupation: Tailor
    Died: Allambi Nursing Home, Glengowrie, South Australia, 8 February 1988, aged 95 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
    Memorials: Gawler Baptist Church WW1 Honour Roll, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    6 Feb 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4834, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
    23 Jun 1917: Involvement Private, 4834, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
    23 Jun 1917: Embarked Private, 4834, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide
    24 Dec 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 43rd Infantry Battalion, From 32nd Battalion
    29 Mar 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4834, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the face and lower jaw. Invalided to England on 24 April 1918
    11 Nov 1918: Involvement Private, 4834, 43rd Infantry Battalion
    28 Feb 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4834, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding
    Date unknown: Wounded 4834, 43rd Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of William Charles Overland and Elizabeth Overland nee Morrow of Victoria Avenue, Rose Park, SA.

    Commenced return to Australia on 10 December 1918 aboard HS Somalia disembarking on 1 February 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    On 28 January 1922 Herbert married Ivy Beatrice Summerton in the Baptist Church, Gawler, SA

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