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Benjamin Francis HERBERT

Regimental number889
Place of birthBrecon Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLocomotive driver
AddressFremantle, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation44
Next of kinWife, Mrs Amy V Herbert, 'St Davids', South Street, Fremantle, Western Australia
Enlistment date19 January 1917
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit nameRailway Unit, Section 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number15/9/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 29 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Australian Railway Operating Company
FateReturned to Australia 28 October 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death13 July 1951

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