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Herbert Roy BAKES

Regimental number63246
Place of birthQuamby Brook, Tasmania
SchoolGolden Valley State School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressQuamby Brook, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, A Bakes, Quamby Brook, Tasmania
Enlistment date20 June 1918
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 May 1918
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameTasmanian Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Zealandic on 5 October 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied AGH No 1, Sutton Verry, of broncho-pneumonia.
FateDied of disease 24 January 1919
Place of death or woundingEngland
Date of death24 January 1919
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialSutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard (Plot 39, Row G, Grave No. 10), Wiltshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
64
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur Henry and Elizabeth BAKES, Quamby Brook, Deloraine, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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