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HERBERT, William Ronald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2488 |
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| 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, Battery Point St George's Anglican Church Roll of Honour, Hobart All Saints Church Honour Roll, Hobart Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2488, 26th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas. | |
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| 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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