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HERBERT, Henry Frederick

Service Number:	4540
Enlisted:	2 October 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	St Kilda, Victoria, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Glanville, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 15 October 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Birr Cross Roads Cemetery Plot I, Row E, Grave 5, Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, The South Australian National War Memorial

World War 1 Service

2 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4540
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 4540, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 4540, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide
16 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4540, 50th Infantry Battalion
31 Aug 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4540, Australian Provost Corps , detached to 4th Division HQ (APM) for traffic control
15 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 4540, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4540 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-15

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