Herbert James SEMMENS

SEMMENS, Herbert James

    Service Numbers: 2282, 2282A
    Enlisted: 17 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 38th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Toongabbie, Victoria, Australia, 1888
    Home Town: Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
    Schooling: Grenville College, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Civil Servant
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 13 October 1917
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Victorian Treasury Department
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2282, 60th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    14 Feb 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 60th Infantry Battalion, Prior to embarking
    1 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 2282, 60th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
    1 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 2282, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
    6 Jul 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 66th Infantry Battalion, From the 60th Battalion
    25 Aug 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 66th Infantry Battalion
    2 Sep 1917: Transferred Corporal, 38th Infantry Battalion, From 66th Battalion. Letter A added to his service number, now 2282A
    13 Oct 1917: Involvement Corporal, 2282A, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2282A awm_unit: 38th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-13

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Herbert Semmens and Annie Amelia Semmens nee Boucher of Ballarat, Victoria. Brother of Percy Thomas Boucher Semmens, Annie Isabella Sarah Semmens, Sydney Peter Semmens, Ida Blanche Semmens and Mary Alice Stella Semmens

    Husband of Daisy Lavinia Susan Semmens nee Hall of 436 Napier Street, Fitzroy, Victoria. Herbert and Daisy married in Victoria during 1915c

    Served with the Ballarat Militia between 1907 and 1911

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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