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Herbert Alfred GODFREY

Regimental number2153
Place of birthOrroroo, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressOrroroo, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19.3
Height5' 8.25"
Weight163 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Susan Elizabeth Godfrey, Orroroo, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil (exempt area under Compulsory Military Training scheme)
Enlistment date31 May 1915
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 21 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 28 January 1916
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date5 February 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Commenced return to Australia on board HS 'Kanowna', 28 January 1916; discharged (medically unfit: peripheral neuritis: serious), Adelaide, 5 February 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death7 June 1973
Age at death77
Place of burialCentennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, GODFREY Herbert Alfred

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