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WARDROP, Herbert Wilson
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2444 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Dunedin, New Zealand, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Theatrical line |
| Died: | Cerebral Ischaemia, Bilateral Carotid Stenosis and Diabetes , Dromana, Victoria, Australia, 11 September 1968 |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated, ashes placed at cemetery location Brind, Wall Q, Niche 337 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2444, 10th Australian Army Service Corps | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 2444, 1st Australian Reserve Park, HMAT Armadale, Melbourne | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 2444, 1st Australian Reserve Park, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: Attached from the AMC | |
| 11 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2444, 10th Australian Army Service Corps, Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli Verbal orders from army headquarters - for duty with AAMC | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2444, 5th Divisional Train, Embarked Alexandria, Egypt to join BEF per "Caledonia". 24 June, 1916 held up in Malta due to enemy submarine activity. Disembarked Marseilles, France 29 June, 1916 for entrainment to Abbeville. | |
| 6 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Field Ambulance, 8th Field Ambulance was based at Armentieres at this time. | |
| 15 Apr 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2444, 8th Field Ambulance, HMAT A74 Marathon, as a condition of returning home on two months furlough, was on AIF staff duty on board ship. Disembarked Melbourne 12 June, 1918. | |
| 13 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2444, 8th Field Ambulance, Discharged as medically unfit for further military service due to neurasthenia/shell shock. Received the Star, British War and Victory Medals |
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