Herbert Edward WHITEFORD

WHITEFORD, Herbert Edward

Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: 13 May 1918, Armidale, NSW
Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
Last Unit: 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements
Born: Queanbeyan, NSW, 25 March 1894
Home Town: North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Commercial Traveller
Died: Dalby, Qld., 29 January 1935, aged 40 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Dalby Cemetery, Qld
Memorials: Sydney Henry Bull & Co Limited Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

13 May 1918: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, Armidale, NSW
17 Jul 1918: Involvement 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1918: Embarked 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, HMAT Borda, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Edward and Catherine WHITEFORD

Lieut. H. E. Whiteford.
The death occurred at the Dalby Sanatorium on Wednesday morning of Lieut. H. E. Whiteford, of the Second Battalion, A.I.F. He had only been an inmate of the Sanatorium for a few days but had been there some years ago. He was engaged a a traveller for Ward's Motor Coy Valley, Brisbane, and leaves a wife and daughter, who reside in Sydney. The funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon, the coffin being draped with a Union Jack and Messrs R. B. Gillespie, R. Haddock and A. H. C. Waine (Dalby sub-branch of the R.S.S.L.L.A.), along with Mr. J Hill, acted as pallbearers. Rev. J. Blake (Presbyterian Church) officiated at the graveside.

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