Herbert HEMINGWAY

HEMINGWAY, Herbert

    Service Number: 1954
    Enlisted: 28 January 1915, Enlisted at Kalgoollie, WA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 11th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Albany, Western Australia, 1894
    Home Town: Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
    Schooling: State School, Western Australia
    Occupation: Railway Porter
    Died: Wounds, At sea on board HS Rewa, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 August 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, buried at sea Chaplain G.L. Keelan officiated Panel 34, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Merredin and Districts Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    28 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1954, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kalgoollie, WA
    22 Apr 1915: Involvement Private, 1954, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    22 Apr 1915: Embarked Private, 1954, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Alfred Hemingway of 26 Maritana Street, Kalgoolie, WA. Brother of Grosvenor Hemingway who served with the Railway Unit, Section 5 and Reginald Hemingway MC MID who returned to Australia having served with the 11th Battalion

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Employed by the Government Railways of Western Australia as a Clerk

    Also served in the cadets

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