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AMIET, Herbert

Service Numbers:	3020, V352257
Enlisted:	16 January 1917, Geelong, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 9 October 1895
Home Town:	Murgheboluc, Golden Plains, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 30 November 1972, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Inverleigh Independent Order of Rechabites Pictorial Honour Roll, Inverleigh Presbyterian Church Honor Roll, Inverleigh Presbyterian Church Volunteers Honor Roll, Murgheboluc District and School Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

16 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3020, Geelong, Victoria
19 Feb 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3020, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
19 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3020, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3020, 38th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens
29 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3020, 38th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", Clery sur Somme
29 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3020, 38th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal
7 Oct 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 38th Infantry Battalion, France
26 Oct 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, "The Last Hundred Days", Near CLERY-sur-SOMME, during the operations from 28th to 31st August, 1918, Private AMIET played a plucky and important part of scout and runner.
26 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3020, 38th Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

20 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, V352257

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