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Herbert RILEY

Regimental number920
Place of birthLeicester England
ReligionMethodist
OccupationTimber worker
AddressTwyford, Melton Mowbray, Leicester, England
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinFather, A Riley, Twyford, Melton Mowbray, Leicester, England
Enlistment date14 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 10 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 December 1916
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block O, Plot III, Row I, Grave No. 11), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
116
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. A. RILEY, Saxwlby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 929 Gunner Arthur Henry RILEY, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, discharged, 12 February 1918; 921 Pte Frank RILEY, 5th Sanitary Section, returned to Australia, 31 May 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

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

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