MEMERY, Herbert Vivian
| Service Number: | 2084 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 4 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | Essendon, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Illness, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 21 September 1970, aged 76 years |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria 4th Avenue Wall Niche (South Side) FA4AVB I C 41 Cremation |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 10 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 2084, 29th Infantry Battalion, 58th Essendon Rifles, 4 years | |
| 18 Feb 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2084, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' |
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| 18 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2084, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne | |
| 13 Jun 1917: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 2084, 29th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 29th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Herbert Vivian MEMERY was born in Williamstown, Victoria in 1894
His parents were Samuel Matthew MEMERY & Catherine (Kate) SHERLOCK
He married Mona GRANT in Victoria in 1915
Biography
Mother Catherine Memery
living at 8 Heritage Street, Moonee Ponds, NSW (All three sons enlisted).
Next of kin in service:
Brother Private Samuel Memery (25 years)
Brother Private John Memery (19 years)
Brother-in-law Private Edward Murphy (in 27th Battalion)
Cousin Sergeant Ryan (in 7th Battalion)
Cousin Private Carlyle Ryan (in AMC)
Described on enlisting as
10/8/1915 Enlisted
28/10/1915 Herbert got engaged to Mona Grant
(youngest and only surviving daughter of James Grant, of Victorian Railways,
and the late Annie Grant, of Essendon.)
Announced in the SOCIAL BREVITIES. The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla
and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918),
p. 3 Edition: Morning.. Retrieved January 17, 2012, from
18/2/1916 Embarked ***with his two brothers***
from Port of Melbourne, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat
as a Lance Sergeant with the 29th Battalion, 3rd reinforcements
July 1916 severely wounded in France (to return to Australia)
22/2/1917 He returned to Australia.
Medals:
War Service Commemorated
Essendon Town Hall L-R (empirecall.pbworks.com)
Ascot Vale State School (empirecall.pbworks.com)
Christ Church Roll of Honour (empirecall.pbworks.com)
Flemington State School (empirecall.pbworks.com)
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour Wounded
Regimental Register
Commenced - sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 20/2/2015. Lest we forget.
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