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DIGANCE, Herbert Gladstone
| Service Number: | 2764 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hawker, South Australia, 25 March 1898 |
| Home Town: | Port Augusta, Port Augusta, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 1 June 1961, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia Cheltenham Cemetery Cheltenham, Charles Sturt City, South Australia, Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2764, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2764, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 2764, 50th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by St Ignatius' College
Herbert Gladstone Digance was born on March 25th, 1898, in the small town of Hawker South Australia. He lived with his father, John Digance and his mother, Margaret Elizabeth Digance. Herbert Digance had four brothers, James Henry, John Hasle, Thomas Edward and Frederick James Digance and three sisters, Florence Anne, Margaret Maud and Hilda Jessie May Digance.. As an adolescent, Digance worked as a labourer.
On the June 2nd, 1915, at the age of 18 years and 7 months, Digance enlisted into the army at the Keswick SA recruitment office. He was 5ft ‘8inches and weighed 70kgs. He had blue eyes and brown hair with a fair complexion.
He embarked for active service in August 1915 to reinforce the 10th Infantry Battalion. Soon after arrival overseas he was hospitalised with mumps on the island of Lemnos. When he recovered, taken on strength with the 50th Battalion and proceeded to France.
After WW1, Digance returned to Adelaide on May 1st, 1919. Herbert Gladstone Digance passed away on June 1st, 1961, at the age of 63.
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