Herbert UPSON

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Service Number:	958
Enlisted:	9 October 1914, Lismore, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Holborn, London, England, 4 April 1891
Home Town:	Federal, Byron Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Glemsford School, Suffolk
Occupation:	Dairy farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, Malta, 5 July 1915, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Grave B. I. 2. INSCRIPTION GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN, Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

9 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 958, 15th Infantry Battalion, Lismore, New South Wales
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 958, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 958, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
5 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 958, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 958 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-07-05

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He was 25 and the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Upson, of Snowden Fen, Halstead, Essex, England.

Births Jun 1891 Upson Herbert Holborn 1b 691