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Herbert  Herring

Name on Board H Herring
Name on Service
Records
Herbert   Herring
Enlistment Age 30
Occupation Labourer
Place of Birth Doncaster, Vic
Next of Kin Elizabeth Herring
Address 63 Elizabeth St, Newport, Vic
Marital Status S
Enlistment Date 5/05/1915
Service No. 33578
Enlistment Place Melbourne, Vic
Embarkation Place Melbourne
Embarkation Date 11/10/1915
Embarkation Ship HMAT Nestor A71
Unit on Embarkation 14th Australian Infantry Battalion
Date of Death 29/08/1916
Unit on Death 14th Australian Infantry Battalion
Rank on Death Private
Cause of Death KIA
Place of Wounding/
Death
Moquest Farm, France (no known grave)
Cemetery or Memorial Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Additional Information Herbert Herring was associated with Christ Church as Sunday School teacher, a member of the vestry and choir, and secretary of Church of England Men's Society.
Additional References   Williamstown Chronicle, Saturday 14 October 1916, p2
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