Herbert Edmond SOUTHEY

SOUTHEY, Herbert Edmond

Service Number: 348
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"
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney WW1 Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 348, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
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

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Biography 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