Herbert DAY

Regimental number2077
Place of birthBrunswick, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDriver
Address54 Fitzgerald Street, Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinWife, Mrs Winifred Day, 23 Fitzgerald Street, West Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date2 April 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll1 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name44th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/61/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 10 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll44th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 11 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialPont D'Achelles Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 14), Nieppe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
137
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick and Margaret DAY, husband of Winifred DAY, 15 Fitzgerald Street, Perth, Western Australia. Native of Brunswick, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal