Charles Lloyd HERBERT

HERBERT, Charles Lloyd

Service Number: 1139
Enlisted: 3 April 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Redfern, New South Wales, 1 January 1889
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: St Peter's College
Occupation: Clerk/Assistant magistrate (PNG)
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 28 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hackney St Peter's College Fallen Honour Board, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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World War 1 Service

3 Apr 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1139, Adelaide, South Australia
9 Jun 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1139, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1139, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
6 Oct 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 43rd Infantry Battalion
11 Feb 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 43rd Infantry Battalion
30 May 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 43rd Infantry Battalion
10 Jun 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines
4 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1139, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1139 awm_unit: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-10-04

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Biography contributed by Jasinda Bourke

Charles Lloyd Herbert was born in 1889 in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney, Redfern.  He was the oldest son of Charles Edward Herbert (1860-1929), who was at numerous times associate for the Northern Territory in the South Australian Parliament.

His place of schooling and schooling history are unknown. Before the war, Charles’s occupation was a clerk. He enlisted in the military at age 26 years and 8 months in Adelaide South Australia. Charles had previously served as an Officer in the police in Papua. He was also remembered in Darwin due to his family connections with the Northern Territory.

 His last unit is the Australian imperial force at the rank of lieutenant.  Charles Lloyd Herbert died on the 4th of October 1917 at the age of 28 years.  His name is held on a memorial in Belgium at Ypres (Menin Gate), on the Darwin cenotaph (N.T) and on the Darwin RSL roll of honor.

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Biography

From the book Fallen Saints 

Charles Lloyd Herbert of Port Moresby, Papua British New Guinea was born at Redfern New South Wales. While at St Peter's College in Adelaide he served five years in the senior cadets and after leaving in 1906 became a pastoralist in the Northern Territory. He was a clerical officer in the Territory of Papua in 1913 and was later commissioned as an armed constable and assistant resident magistrate.

Mr Justice Herbert, of Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea, at the outbreak of the war, in common with all the British residents, passed through a very anxious and critical time. We believe that all had to take their turn in the trenches, but the situation was relieved when the Australian Navy appeared in the harbour there C L Herbert, his eldest son, is now at Port Moresby, engaged as a patrol officer. He and his brother Oscar, were engaged in pastoral pursuits right away from Port Darwin, Northern Territory, for some years.[i]

Charles enlisted in Adelaide on 3 April 1916 and while in transit with A Company 2nd Depot Battalion, was made an acting corporal within a fortnight. After successfully completing an NCO Course at Cheltenham in May, he was posted to C Company 43rd Battalion as a substantive corporal and sailed from Adelaide aboard HMAT Afric on 9 June.

The 43rd Battalion was raised on 7 March 1916 in South Australia and conducted all of their initial training in and around the Morphettville camp.

The battalion sailed from South Australia aboard HMAT Afric on 9 June 1916 and joined the 41st, 42nd, and 44th Battalions of the 11th Brigade at No 12 Camp, Lark Hill, England; the 9th, 10th and 11th Brigades made up the 3rd Division AIF, commanded by Major General Monash.

In early October, Corporal Herbert was appointed Lance Sergeant and sailed from Southampton in November and in France was promoted to Sergeant.

He was appointed to second lieutenant On 11 February 1917, and soon after was hospitalised with mumps and a various skin disorders.

Upon recovery, he took sick leave in England and after returning to the battalion in France on 1 May was promoted to Lieutenant at the end of the month and although wounded in action ten days later he remained on duty.  

He was detached to the Lewis Gun School 22 June - 8 July then to the Divisional Training School for two weeks commencing 29 July.

Lieutenant Herbert was killed at Zonnebeke on 4 October 1917; he was 28 years of age.

His cousin, Lieutenant Sydney Philip (Old Scholar) who was wounded at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 and again at Bullecourt in May 1917 returned to Australia after the war.



[i] St Peter’s School Magazine - W K Thomas & Co, Adelaide Dec 1914, p. 42

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