HEATHER H.S.

Given Names:  Herbert Seldon

Service Number:  5738

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade 3, 11th reinforcements                                                           

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number:  81065

Age:  24 Yrs  4 Mths

Occupation:  Engine Driver                                                                                             

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7½ In                  

Weight:  174 Lbs

Chest:  36-38½ In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  8/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Edward John Heather

34 Foley Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  11/10/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Nestor A71

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Boonah  

Embarked:  20/4/1919                               

Disembarked:  8/6/1919

Unit:  3rd Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                     

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  2/9/1919                         

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  13750

British War Medal:  21993

Victory Medal:  21860

Other:    

BIRTH

Date or Year:  3/3/1891

Place:  Portsmouth, England                    

Father:  Edward John HEATHER              

Mother:  Ada Maria SELDON

MARRIAGE

Year:  1919     

Place:             

Spouse: Daisy Bertha DEHINE

DEATH

Date or Year: 1977                                 

Place: Dandenong, Victoria                      

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 23/5/1918; gassed

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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