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Arthur HUMBERT

Regimental number3826
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, George Humbert, Prairie, Victoria
Enlistment date16 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll7 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 8 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 27 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death27.5
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents wrote to Base Records in 1922 requesting a picture of the grave. Base Records replied, 18 January 1922: '... the surface of the whole battlefield has been searched six times, and some places twenty times since the armistice, but it is possible that bodies will continue to be found for years as the work of reconstruction progresses.'
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2434 Pte George HUMBERT, 60th Bn, killed in action, 6 April 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked from Australia, 8 February 1916; disembarked Egypt.

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

Joined Bn in the field, 2 July 1916. Killed in action, 27 July 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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