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Herbert Walter SCHOLES

Regimental number1171
Place of birthDon North, West Coast, Tasmania
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMiner
AddressQueenstown, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation37
Next of kinWife, Mrs Nellie Jean Scholes, Launceston, Tasmania
Enlistment date26 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameMining Corps, Company 3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 20 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Tunnelling Company
FateDied of wounds 18 March 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death40
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialHersin Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 17), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
27
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Christina SCHOLES; husband of Ellen SCHOLES, Beauty Point, Tasmania

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