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Herbert Allen PEERS

Regimental number4497
Place of birthSt Peters New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMiner
AddressUnion Road, Surrey Hills
Marital statusWidower
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Peers, Union Road, Surrey Hills
Enlistment date6 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Malwa on 21 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 26 September 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*date of fate 26th to 27th
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot XII, Row E, Grave No. 19), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
116
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Isaac and Mary Robertson PEERS, Union Road, Surrey Hills, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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