Carl Tura HERGSTROM

Regimental number3939
Place of birthSundsvall, Sweden
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressPort Pirie, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21.2
Height5' 9"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs H Hergstrom, Woodside, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date26 July 1917
Place of enlistmentPort Pirie, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 10
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/17/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 October 1917
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3939A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 3 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row A, Grave No. 4), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
146
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ernest and Hulda HERGSTROM, Woodside, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 30 October 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 27 December 1917, and marched into Pioneer Training Bn, Sutton Veny.

Marched into 32nd Bn Details, Codford, 2 January 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 1 April 1918; taken on strength, 48th Bn, in the field, 16 April 1918.

Killed in action, 3 July 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, HERGSTROM Carl Tura