FLOATE, Herbert William
| Service Number: | 4102 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 July 1915, Ballarat, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Creswick, Hepburn, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 9 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Creswick Honor Roll, Creswick War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4102, Ballarat, Victoria | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4102, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4102, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4102, 23rd Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Herbert William Floate (Service No:4102) had served with the Militia (71st Regiment) prior to enlisting in the AIF at Ballarat, Victoria on 22 July 1915. Private Floate was attached to 23rd Infantry Battalion when he embarked with his Unit from Melbourne for England on 7 March 1916 on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire. Hospitalised with Influenza at Tidworth Military Hospital in August 1916, Private Floate was in France with 23rd Infantry Battalion when he Died of Wounds on 9 November 1916.
Bert was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1895, third of eleven children of William Thomas Floate (b1863 at Mt Gambier, South Australia) and Mary Ann Shone (b1869 at Mt Gambier, South Australia). William was a Miner in 1891 when he and Mary married in Warracknabeal, Victoria. They lived in Warracknabeal, Melbourne, Ballarat and Geelong where they raised their family and William worked as a Miner, Labourer and Dealer.
Bert worked as a Miner at Creswick via Ballarat before enlisting in the Army. His effects, returned to his parents where a cufflink, 2 franc note, 6 coins, pocketbook, photos, a letter and wallet.
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