Herbert Appleton PALMER

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PALMER, Herbert Appleton

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1874
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Trinity College, Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Surgeon
Died:	Gun shot wound, Wilmansrust, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 12 June 1901
Cemetery:	Old Middelburg Municipal Cemetery, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Memorials:	Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Melbourne - 5th Contingent Victorian Mounted Rifles

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Lieutenant
15 Feb 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
12 Jun 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
12 Jun 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Killed in Action.

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Herbert Appleton PALMER was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1874

His parents were Thomas Pretty PALMER & Sarah Mary APPLETON

He died of a gun shot wound at Wilmansrust, Mpumalanga, South Africa on 12th June, 1901

He was buried in a communal grave with other soldiers who also fell on that day

Medals: Queens South Africa Medal with 3 clasps

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