Herbert Morris PAGE

Regimental number243
Place of birthMorea, New South Wales
Other NamesPAGE, Herbert Maurice
SchoolPublic School
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationEngineer
Address56 Henry Street, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Henry Joseph Page, 56 Henry Street, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil.
Enlistment date14 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularFought at Gallipoli and was at one time in Egypt before being sent to France.
FateDied of wounds 24 September 1917
Place of death or woundingMenin Road, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXIV, Row A, Grave No. 9), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
92
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Mary PAGE, 56 Henry Street, Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1822 Sergeant Claude Valentine Page, 2nd Bn, killed on 4 May 1917, Bullecourt, France.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 16 August 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria from Gallipoli, 9 January 1916.

Found Guilty, 16 January 1916,of being Absent without Leave, 10-15 January 1916: awarded 21 days' detention; sentence reduced to 168 hours' detention, 8 February 1916.

Transferred to Imperial Camel Corps, 28 January 1916.

Invalided to England, 12 August 1916.

Taken on strength, 5th Training Bn, 29 September 1916.

Found Guilty, 28 October 1916, of being Absent without Leave from parade; awarded 28 days' detention; sentence suspended, 30 October 1916.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 6 March 1917.

Wounded in action, 2 May 1917 (shell wound, back); admitted to Edmonton Military Hospital, England, 7 May 1917.

Wounded in action, Belgium, 20 September 1917 (shell wounds, both legs and left ankle).

Died of wounds, 24 September 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, PAGE Herbert Morris