DARLING, Herbert Frederick
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 5th Western Australian Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | 1878, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant, 1 Mounted Infantry Contingent | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Captain, 5th Western Australian Mounted Infantry |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Lieutneant H.F. Darling Commissioned to the Royal Irish Regiment - October 1900
A cable message dated last Thursday states that Lieutenant H.F. Darling, a member of the Western Australian contingent, has obtained a commission in the British Army as an officer of the Royal Irish Regiment. Lieutenant Darling is a nephew of the famous cricket captain, Joe Darling, and Mr. John Darling, M.P., of South Australia, in which colony Lieutenant Darling was born 22 years ago. The young soldier, who had been living in Western Australia with his fater since 1894, went to South Africa full of ambitions and greatly distinguished himselft at Pottsberg on February 6. A trooper of his company was wounded in a hot engagement and Captain Morre, R.A. nobly gave his horse to the injured soldier and sout out to walk back to camp. A party of Beors tried to cut off the Captain's retreat but young Darling cooly rode back under a heavy fire and carried his officer with him into safety.
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