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TRAEGER, Herbert Kintore
| Service Number: | 39085 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 October 1916, Enlisted in Adelaide, South Australia and posted to 33rd Reinforcements to Field Artillery Brigade |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Greenock, South Australia, 5 April 1892 |
| Home Town: | Greenock, Light, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Greenock Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | South Australia, 1977, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Freeling Boer War, Boxer Rebellion and WW1 Memorial Panel, Greenock WW1 Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 39085, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlisted in Adelaide, South Australia and posted to 33rd Reinforcements to Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 26 Nov 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 39085, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Indarra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 26 Nov 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 39085, Field Artillery Brigades, SS Indarra, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 39085, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 39085, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Returned to Australia, disembarking from H.T. Euripides at Port Adelaide on the 18th October 1919, and discharging from the A.I.F. at HQ 4th Military District, Keswick, South Australia on 19th November 1919 |
Herbert Traeger
Name: Herbert Kintore Traeger
Service Number: 39085
Place of Birth: Greenock
Date of Birth: 5 April 1892
Place of Enlistment: Adelaide
Date of Enlistment: 3 October 1916
Age at Enlistment: 24 years 7 months
Marital status: Single
Next of Kin: Father – John Traeger
Occupation: Salesman
Religion: Methodist
Rank: Private
Biographical details:
Herbert was the son of Johann Wilhelm Traeger and Johanna Hermine Elix. He carried out his basic training with 8 Coy 2nd Depot Battalion as a private from 16 October to 26 October 1916 and attended Signal School from 1 November to 31 December. Herbert then trained with the Field Artillery, Maribynong, Victoria, from 1 July 1917 to 9 February, prior to his unit embarking from Melbourne on board SS Indarra on 26 November 1917. He received 24 hours detention for failing to appear on parade on 14 May He was appointed a gunner with the 27th Battalion on 14 May. Herbert’s unit were sent to Suez, Egypt on 27 December and then to France on 23 September 1918, where he served out the remainder of the war. He was granted leave to study the Wool industry at Leeds University from 7 July to 8 August 1919, before returning to Australia on the Euripides on 3 September, disembarking on 18 October and was discharged on 19 November 1919(1).
Fruit Block Details:
Herbert Kintore Traeger took up the occupation of Block 635 of 11.25 acres on 1 February 1922. The block was on Mortimer Drive Monash, between blocks 100 and 102. The vines he planted included 2738 doradillos, 924 sultanas and 549 currants. He also worked blocks 711 and 685 from 1 April 1923 with Frank Lincoln Richardson. Herbert complained to the Royal Commission on the Soldier-Settler Scheme, that he was overcharged 76 pounds for the house that was built on his block(2).
Other Anecdotal Information:
Herbert married Winifred Edith Grimbly. They had one child, Junette Winifred, born in Monash on 28 June 1925. Junette attended Monash Primary School in 1931.
The Monash School Parents’ Committee appointed Herbert Treasurer in April 1936(3).The Methodist Guild was an important focal point for Herbert, as was his involvement with the Monash Fighting Forces Comforts Fund, which raised 12 pounds for the Air Raid Victims’ Fund in November 1940(4). Herbert was involved with the Committee Building Programme and served as the long-term treasurer of the Lone Gum/Monash Christmas Tree Celebrations Committee(5).
References:
1National Australian Archives;B2455; Traeger H K; Barcode 8393299
2. Barmera Berri Council, Berri Barmera & Districts Local History Collection.
3. Trove/ The Murray Pioneer & The Australian River Record 2 April 1936.
4. Trove/ The Murray Pioneer & The Australian River Record 7 November 1940.
5.L.Andison Berri: The Hub of the Upper Murray Pg 146.
Submitted 5 October 2023 by christopher collins