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Herbert Henry WOOLLARD

Date of birth4 August 1889
Place of birthWarracknebeal, Victoria
SchoolOrmond College, University of Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMedical practitioner
Address199 Drummond Street, Carlton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, Mr C Woollard, Warracknabeal, Victoria
Enlistment date19 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentCaptain (Medical Officer)
Unit nameAustralian Reserve Park 1, Company 10
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/34/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A26 Armadale on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant-Colonel
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Army Medical Corps
Promotions

Temporary MAJ


Promotion date: 8 June 1916

Lieutenant Colonel


Unit: No 3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station
Promotion date: 14 November 1916


Promotion date: 20 November 1918

Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 29890 (2 January 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 103 (29 June 1917).

FateDischarged 23 November 1919
Medals

Croix de Guerre (France)


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169
Date: 4 October 1917

Discharge date23 November 1919
Other details

War service: embarked for Egypt, October 1914. Transferred to 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, 1 June 1915; attached to 48th Bn, 3 March 1916; taken on strength, 12th Field Ambulance, 27 December 1916; 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 6 August 1917. Posted to 3rd Australian General Hospital, 12 October 1918; Senior Medical Officer, Sutton Veny Camp, 20 November 1918. Wounded, 6 August 1916.

Medals: Croix de Guerre, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Elected Fellow of the Royal Society, 1938.

Date of death18 January 1939
Age at death50

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