Herbert Lawrence AXON

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Service Number:	4374
Enlisted:	3 January 1916, Enlisted in Adelaide
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling:	Glenelg Church of England Private School, South Australia
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 5 November 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

3 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4374, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Adelaide
25 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4374, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4374, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Adelaide

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Son of Laurence Shepley Axon and Emily (nee Voce) Axon of 156 Jetty Road, Glenelg, SA; later of Hinton Street, Underdale, SA

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Cadets