DALMAIN, Herbert Clarence
| Service Number: | 854 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 February 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coonabarabran, NSW, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Gilgandra, Gilgandra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Gilgandra State School |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 22 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gilgandra District Roll of Honor, Gilgandra War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 854, 18th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 854, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 854, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John and Susan DALMAIN of Myrtle Street, Gilgandra, NSW
Statement, Red Cross File No 0870509T, 993 Signaller W.F. SIMMONS, C Company, 18th Bn (patient, 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis), 9 February 1916: 'On Sunday 22.8.15 we made a charge: Dalmain was next to witness. The caualties were very heavy. After reaching the turks' trenches we had to retire. Dalmain did not reach the trenches, he was hit when about ten yards from them. A bullet struck him in the head. Witness saw him lying on the ground as they were retiring, and called to him, but got no response. Dalmain was then quite motionless, bleeding from the head, and witness is nearly certain he was dead then. Other men in same coy said they saw him lying there and they thought he was dead. Witness occupied same tent as Dalmain and they were chums. Dalmain came from Gilgandra. His name was Herbert and witness is sure as to his number. Witness describes him as a fine fellow. Witness appears to be an intelligent and reliable man.'
Inquiry as to the fate of the late Private Herbert Dalmain, son of Mr. J. H. Dalmain, of Gilgandra, reveals that deceased was struck with a bullet when about ten yards from the Turkish trenches on August 22, 1915.
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