Herbert Alexander MOUAT

Regimental number4671
Place of birthCowwaar, Gippsland, Victoria
SchoolEssendon State School, Victoria
Other trainingLabourer
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBarman
AddressPoowong, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinWife, Mrs R M M Mouat, Poowong, Victoria
Previous military serviceHe served in the senior cadets at Essendon
Enlistment date27 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularConnected with the Football at Poowong & Drouin as captain of the team. Died in hospital in England.
FateDied of wounds 28 September 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialBerks Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row G, Grave No. 13), Surrey, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
47
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Montalto Thomas and Hannah MOUAT; husabnd of Rubena M.M. MOUAT, Buckingham Avenue, Springvale, Victoria. Native of Cowwarr, Gippsland, Victoria
Family/military connectionsClifford Hibbs, killed in France
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal