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SOUTHEY, Herbert Edmond
Personal Details
Service Number: | 348 |
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Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Oaklands, New South Wales, Australia, 1880 |
Home Town: | Mittagong, Wingecarribee, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Mittagong Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 2 May 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial Panel 19 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney WW1 Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 348, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Randwick, NSW | |
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18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 348, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 348, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Henry Edmund Southey and Eliza Renton Southey of 'Eldon', Bowral, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
At the time of enlistment he was employed with the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, NSW