Herbert LOUGHEED

Herbert LOUGHEED Update Details

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Service Numbers:	1580, 1617
Enlisted:	16 November 1914, St Arnaud, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Winjallok, Victoria, Australia, 24 February 1889
Home Town:	Winjallok, Northern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Sandy Creek State School No. 2197, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 11 April 1917, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Vaulx Australian Field Ambulance Cemetery Row B, Grave No. 8,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

16 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1580, 14th Infantry Battalion, St Arnaud, Vic.
19 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1580, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1580, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1580, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1580, 14th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Hill 971
20 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Company, France. (SN changed to 1617?).
11 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1617, 4th Machine Gun Company, Bullecourt (First), GSW to left thigh (compound fracture). Evacuated to 13th Aust Field Ambulance, where he died of his wounds later the same day.
11 Apr 1917:	Involvement Private, 1617, 4th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1617 awm_unit: 4th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-11

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