John Christian HERWEG

HERWEG, John Christian

    Service Number: 1032
    Enlisted: 15 March 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 23rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1895
    Home Town: Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria
    Schooling: Essendon State School No 483
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Illness - acute dilation of the heart, Heliopolis Hospital, Egypt, 4 September 1915
    Cemetery: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
    Row D, Grave 82 Rev. S.A. Beveridge officiated Headstone inscription reads: A thoughtful son loving and kind a beautiful memory left behind, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Essendon State School No 483 Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    15 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1032, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
    10 May 1915: Involvement Private, 1032, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    10 May 1915: Embarked Private, 1032, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Frederick William and Elizabeth Herweg of 555 Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds, Vic.

    Brother of Albert James Herweg, Alice Maud Herweg, Augustus Charles Herweg, Emma Elizabeth Herweg, Frederick Henry William Herweg, Frederick William Herweg, Herman Robert Herweg, James Samuel Herweg, Rose Frances Herweg, Thomas George Herweg and Rudolph Herbert Herweg

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Also served in the Senior Cadets for about 2 years

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