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Australia

Herbert was born in Liverpool in 1888. His parents were Joseph and Harriet Turton (Marsh). Joseph was a coachman.
In 1901 Herbert was living with his parents and his 4 sisters and 1 brother at 74 The Priory Stables, St Michaels-in-the Hamlet. In 1913 Herbert left England to live in Australia. He travelled as the Captain's steward on the Ascanius leaving Glasgow on 11th November 1912.
On 27th March 1916 Herbert enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Brisbane, Australia. Herbert was a labourer. On 12 July 1916 Herbert sailed from Australia aboard the HMT Borda to join the war effort in Europe. He spent 13 days of the voyage in the ship's hospital with influenza. In October he was in England and received a one week confinement to barracks and lost a day's pay when he went absent without leave for a day. Perhaps he went home to see his parents. Despite this he was later appointed to the rank of Lance Corporal, only to then disobey company rules once more when he failed to attend a Tattoo roll call. This was a bugle call made in the evening. He was reprimanded by the Captain of his company. His army medical record shows that Herbert was short in stature, measuring only 5ft 5 inches and weighed less than 9 stones.
On 23 November 2016 Herbert sailed to France from Southampton. On 30th September 1917 Herbert was killed in action. He was wounded and died in 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium.