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Edwin George HERRON

Regimental number1108
Place of birthLaunceston, Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressArcher Street, Breaconsfield, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 6.75"
Weight128 lbs
Next of kinFather, G. Herron, Archer Street, Beaconsfield, Tasmania
Previous military serviceCadets (2 years); 'A' Company, 92nd Infantry (2 years 8 months)
Enlistment date23 March 1915
Place of enlistmentClaremont, Tasmania
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateDied of disease 19 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialCowley (St. Lawrence) Churchyard Cemetery (Australian 75), Middlesex
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
107
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and May HERRON
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Admitted to 7th Field Ambulance, Gallipoli Peninsula, 2 December 1915; transferred to No 13 Casualty Clearing Station, 3 December 1915; to HS 'Gloucester Castle', 4 December 1915; to No 1 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, Egypt, 8 December 1915 (pyrexia); to Suez Concentration Camp, 11 December 1915; marched into Australian Overseas Base, 23 December 1915.

Marched into Tel el Kebir, 28 December 1915.

Rejoined 26th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 11 January 1916.

Promoted Driver, 14 January 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 14 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 19 March 1916.

Admitted to No 5 Australian Field Ambulance, 28 May 1917 (penile abscess); transferred to No 47 Casualty Clearing Station, 29 May 1917; to No 23 Ambulance Train, 2 June 1917; to No 6 General Hospital, Rouen, 2 June 1917; to No 2 Convalescent Depot, 18 June 1917; to No 11 Convalescent Depot, Buchy, 20 June 1917; discharged, 27 July 1917, and marched into 2nd Australian Divisional Base Depot, Le Havre, the same day.

Proceeded to unit, 12 August 1917; rejoined 26th Bn, 14 August 1917.

On leave to England, 20 December 1917; rejoined unit, 6 January 1918.

Found guilty, 23 January 1918, of conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, in that he neglect to remove bit from horse's mouth prior to watering them: award, admonished.

Detached to Veterinary School, 21 March 1918; rejoined unit, 6 May 1918.

Admitted to No 7 Australian Field Ambulance, 22 September 1918, and transferred to No 41 Casualty Clearing Station (perinial abscess); to Ambulance Train, 24 September 1918; to No 6 General Hospital, 25 September 1918; to England, 27 September 1918.

Died, No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 19 October 1918 (influenza, and pneumonia).

Buried Harefield Parish Churchyard, 24 October 1918.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, HERRON Edwin George

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