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Jack HERBERT

Regimental number384
Place of birthUmfolozie River, Natal, South Africa
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEngineer
AddressUnited Service Club, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, S Herbert, Umfolozi, Zululand, South Africa
Enlistment date21 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit name4th Battalion, Machine Gun Section
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/61/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 December 1915
Date of death1 December 1915
Place of burialAri Burnu Cemetery (Row I, Grave No. 10), Anzac, Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
40
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Sidney and Jessie HERBERT; Wife: Gertrude HERBERT, 'Tanuda', Baylis Street, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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