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Herbert LORD

Regimental number870
Place of birthRichmond, Tasmania
SchoolHutchins School, Hobart, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGrocer
AddressBellerive, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Amy Lord, Bellerive, Tasmania
Enlistment date20 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 July 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXII, Row M, Grave No. 24A), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Elizabeth LORD, Bellerive, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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