Herbert Allen EDMONDSON

Regimental number6254
Place of birthGoroke, Victoria
SchoolState School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPostal employee
AddressGoroke, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs M A Edmondson, Goroke, Victoria
Enlistment date17 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 11 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 August 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death20.4
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot I, row D, Grave No. 20), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
46
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parnets: WIlliam and Mary Ann EDMONDSON
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal