LEE, Herbert John
| Service Number: | 202 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Murtoa, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Fairfield Park, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cabinet Maker |
| Died: | At home, 74 Arthur Street, Fairfield, Vic., 9 August 1917, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Boroondara (Kew) General Cemetery, Victoria Portion Roman Catholic, Grave No. 19A |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sapper, 202, 2nd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sapper, 202, 2nd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
| 15 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 202, 2nd Field Company Engineers | |
| 9 Aug 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 202, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 202 awm_unit: 2nd Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-08-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Morgan O'Donnell LEE and Jane Josephine nee SEXTON
LEE. — On the 9th of August, at his residence, No. 74 Arthur-street, Fairfield, Herbert John Lee (late Sapper, No. 2 Section, No. 2 Company, Australian Field Engineers, A.I.F.), the dearly loved son of Jane and the late Morgan O'Donnell Lee, and grandson of the late Morgan and Eliza Lee and Maurice Sexton, of Ballarat, and loving brother of Morgan, Eileen (Mrs. C. Murphy), Henry, Eliza and Mary; aged 28 years.
Requiescat in pace.
THE Mother and Relatives of the late Sapper HERBERT JOHN LEE, A.l.F., first treasurer of the Returned Soldiers' Association, desire to THANK the president, secretary, and comrades of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia; also kind friends for thoughtful expressions of sympathy, visits, letters, telegrams, cards, and floral tributes; the Rev. Father Hayes for his kindness and attention; also Dr. Heffernan. Jane Lee, 74 Arthur street, Fairfield Park.