Herbert John Maxwell MANSON

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MANSON, Herbert John Maxwell

Service Number:	2717
Enlisted:	19 September 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	60th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Seymour, Victoria, Australia, 4 May 1892
Home Town:	Seymour, Mitchell, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 27 April 1918, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berwick War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

19 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2717, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2717, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
12 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2717, 60th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), GSW to chest and scalp. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined unit 30 August 1917.
27 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2717, 60th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux

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Biography

2717 Private Herbert John Maxwell Manson, 60th Battalion from Hildene, Seymour, Victoria. A 24 year old labourer with prior service in the Light Horse Militia prior to enlisting in the AIF on 19 September 1916, he embarked for overseas with the 6th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 2 October 1916 aboard HMAT Nestor (A71). Following further training in England, he joined the 60th Battalion in France where he was wounded and also experienced several periods of illness requiring hospitalisation in England. He was killed in action near Villers-Bretonneux, France on 27 April 1918 and is commemorated on the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux with others who have no known grave."- SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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