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Francis Richard HERBERT

Regimental number3802
Place of birthCoonabarabran New South Wales
SchoolCoonabarabran Public School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressCoonabarabran, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, G Herbert, Coonabarabran, New South Wales
Enlistment date7 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 30 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 23 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Morcourt Com. Cem. Ext. Memorial I), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
36
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated (white marble tablet), in St Andrew's Presbyterian Church original building (now Salt Coffee Shop), Coonabarabran, New South Wales. Parents: George and Sarah HERBERT, Coonabarabran, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 3787 Pte Clarence Leslie HERBERT, 3rd Bn, returned to Australia, 31 May 1919; 3864 Pte George Albert HERBERT, 18th Bn, killed in action, 5 October 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSecond given name incorrectly recorded on Embarkation Roll as Ridcard.

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