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Herbert STREET

Regimental number27545
Date of birth16 May 1895
Place of birthPyramid Hill, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPainter
AddressTennyson Street, Footscray, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs E Street, 4 Bourke Street, Footscray, Victoria
Enlistment date14 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 12, Reinforcement 6
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/39/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 20 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Field Artillery Brigade
FateReturned to Australia 11 December 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Eva STREET
Discharge date1 March 1919
Other details

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Embarked from Melbourne, 20 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 9 January 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 17 October 1917.

Admitted to hospital (trench fever), 11 February 1918. Transferred to England, 17 February 1918. Discharged to No. 3 Command Depot, 6 June 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Saxon', 11 December 1918; discharged as medically unfit (debility), 1 March 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Date of death22 October 1969
Age at death74
Place of burialEaglehawk Cemetery, Victoria

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