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Herbert Hermann HEUZENROEDER

Regimental number2677
Place of birthMurray Bridge, South Australia
Place of birthTanunda, South Australia
SchoolNorth Broken Hill Public School, New South Wales
ReligionLutheran
OccupationSnake charmer
AddressTanunda, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Height6' 0.25"
Weight172 lbs
Next of kinBrother, Moritz Ernest Heuzenroeder, Tanunda, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date23 August 1915
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 27 October 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2676B
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 4 May 1917
Place of death or woundingMouquet Farm, Pozieres, France
Age at death18
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Peter Dennis
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 2678 Pte Gerhard Leopold HEUZENROEDER, 10th Bn, killed in action, 23 July 1916; 4299 Pte Moritz Wilfred HEUZENROEDER MM, 32nd Bn, returned to Australia, 5 July 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Admitted to No 1 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 2 February 1916 (dental); discharged to duty, 19 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 21 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 27 March 1916.

Admitted to 6th Field Ambulance, 8 June 1916 (bronchitis), and transferred to 2nd Divisional Rest Station; discharged to unit, 16 June 1916. MSBV
Miscellaneous detailsName incorrectly recorded on Embarkation Roll as HENZENROEDER.
Date of death6 February 1967
Age at death84
Place of burialCentennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, HEUZENROEDER Herbert Hermann

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