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Herbert LATIMER

Regimental number3813
Place of birthEssendon, Victoria
SchoolEssendon State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGasfitter
AddressEssendon, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Samuel Ernest Latimer, 13 Daisy Street, Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date30 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 23 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 15 November 1916
Place of death or woundingGrandcourt, Somme Sector, France
Age at death23.5
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialBancourt British Cemetery (Plot XI, Row C, Grave No. 19), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
142
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Julia LATIMER, 13 Daisy Street, Essendon, Victoria, Australia
Family/military connectionsOnly brother of Lt Sydney Albert Latimer 46th Battalion returned to Ivanhoe VIC.

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