Herbert James GRAHAM

GRAHAM, Herbert James

    Service Number: 3543
    Enlisted: 23 September 1915, Dubbo, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 54th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Geurie, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
    Home Town: Geurie, Wellington, New South Wales
    Schooling: Geurie Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916
    Cemetery: Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery
    Plot IV. Row A. Grave 2. Inscription: DEARLY BELOVED SON AND BROTHER THE DAUNTLESS LAD IN A KHAKI SUIT
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wellington Cenotaph, Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3543, Depot Battalion (AIF), Dubbo, New South Wales
    20 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3543, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
    16 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 5th Training Battalion
    19 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3543, 54th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Caledonian"
    29 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3543, 54th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3543, 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3543 awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3543, 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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    Private Herbert James Graham has been found and identified along with 6 others in 2024. His remains were discovered in 2007 but only recently with the use of DNA and forensic evidence has he been positively identified. 

    Private Graham will have his headstone rededicated on the anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles on 19 July 2024.

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