Herbert John MEDHURST

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MEDHURST, Herbert John

Service Number:	3587
Enlisted:	31 January 1916, Warwick, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Killarney, Queensland, Australia, 5 April 1893
Home Town:	Killarney, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Spring Creek State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Selector/Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Killarney War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

31 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Warwick, Queensland
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3587, 31st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3587, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Marie Victorine

100 years ago on September 26, 1917 Private Herbert John MEDHURST 31st battalion - 8th Reinforcement was killed in action at Polygon Wood.

He fought bravely. Unfortunately he has no grave but his name is remembered on the Menin Gate.
Now his name is included in digital Passchendaele Archives and his whole file was sent to me and his family.

I’m French and I’m very proud to represent Herbert John MEDHURST with all his family, who are my Australian friends.

His Parents: Roban Roland and Nancy Agnes MEDHURST, Killarney, South Australia
Lest we forget.

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