Herbert Wright ALDRED

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Service Number:	238
Enlisted:	17 September 1914, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, 1 December 1890
Home Town:	Nanga Brook, Waroona, Western Australia
Schooling:	Corbridge on Tyne School, Northumberland, England
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, nr Quinn's Post, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 10 May 1915, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC No known grave. Panel 51, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jarrahdale Roll Of Honor WW1, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Yarloop War Memorial

17 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 238, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 238, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 238, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
Date unknown:	Involvement 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières

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Next of kin W Alfred G Aldred, Howdendene, Corbridge on Tyne, England

Admitted to 4th Field Ambulance, 10 May 1915 (influenza).

Reported missing, 10 May 1915.

Court of Enquiry, held at Serapeum, 6-8-28 April 1916, concluded: 'Killed in Action, 10 May 1915'.

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