BURRELL, Herbert George
| Service Number: | 4448 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Horsham, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | 28 July 1924, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Presbyterian Q 194 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4448, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
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| 28 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4448, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kerry Bulow
Herbert was the son of George Renwick Burrell and Elizabeth Francis Vaughan and he enlisted during the First World War on 6th September 1915. He embarked for active service abroad with the 14th reinforcements of the 6th Australian Infantry Battalion for Egypt. He embarked for France and he disembarked at Marseilles on 4th April 1916 and they moved towards Armentieres and the Western Front. On 3rd April 1917 he injured his fingers on his right hand and he was admitted into the 3rd Australian Field Ambulance. He was transferred to England where he was admitted into the 1st Southern General Hospital with a severe injury to his right hand. Herbert was discharged from hospital on 18th May and he proceed overseas for France on 25th June. He rejoined his battalion on 20th July and he was wounded in action on 20th September. He was admitted into the 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station with Shrapnel wounds to his back and left thigh. Herbert rejoined the battalion on 12th November and he was granted leave to the United Kingdom from 5th February till 24th February 1918. At the end of 1918 he was awarded a Military Medal for Bravery in the field, and he returned home to Melbourne, Australia on 29th June 1919 and he was discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 21st August.
Awards:
1. Military Medal (MM) notified in the London Gazette 13th March 1919 Page 3451.
2. British War Medal
3. Victory Medal
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