Regimental number | 3826 |
Place of birth | Bendigo, Victoria |
School | State School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Next of kin | Father, George Humbert, Prairie, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 21st Battalion, 9th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/38/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 21st Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Pozieres, Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 27.5 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents wrote to Base Records in 1922 requesting a picture of the grave. Base Records replied, 18 January 1922: '... the surface of the whole battlefield has been searched six times, and some places twenty times since the armistice, but it is possible that bodies will continue to be found for years as the work of reconstruction progresses.' |
Family/military connections | Brother: 2434 Pte George HUMBERT, 60th Bn, killed in action, 6 April 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked from Australia, 8 February 1916; disembarked Egypt. Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 21 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 27 March 1916. Joined Bn in the field, 2 July 1916. Killed in action, 27 July 1916. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |