William Ronald HERBERT

HERBERT, William Ronald

Service Number: 2488
Enlisted: 19 July 1915, Claremont, Tas.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 26th Infantry Battalion
Born: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1892
Home Town: Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling: State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Died of wounds, German Field Hospital 3, Villers au Flos, France (while a POW), 2 August 1916
Cemetery: Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension
Originally buried by the Germans at Villers au Flos Military Cemetery (Block 111, Grave 128) SE of Bapaume.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Hobart All Saints Church Honour Roll, Hobart Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

19 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2488, 26th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas.
5 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 2488, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 2488, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane
29 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2488, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Wounded at Pozieres (no details) and captured by Germans. Evacuated to 3 German Field Hospital at Villers au Flos, where he died of his wounds on 2 August 1916.

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