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Herbert COLLET

Regimental number605
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
SchoolState School, Queensland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationTailor
AddressFernand Louis Collet, Peel Street, Mackay, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, Fernand Louis Collet, c/o Mrs Dubois, Hampden Road, Artarmon, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date6 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll7 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 4 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death26
Place of burialBecourt Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row U, Grave No. 17), Becordel-Becourt, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
104
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Fernand louis and Marie Ines COLLET, 'Pozieres', Mowbray Road, Chatswood, New South Wales. Native of Mackay, Queensland

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