Herbert Simons PIPER

Regimental number1759
Place of birthPort Pirie South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
AddressFlorence Street, Port Pirie, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs S Piper, Florence Street, Port Pirie, South Australia
Enlistment date25 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A61 Kanowna on 23 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 7 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block S, Plot II, Row H, Grave No. 6), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
111
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Selina PIPER. Native of Port Pirie, South Australia