HEDGES H.M.

Given Names:  Herbert Melbourne

Service Number:  39652

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade, 35th reinforcements                                                              

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number:  611352

Age:  18 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Student                                                                                                     

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  11¼ In                

Weight:  152 Lbs

Chest:  35 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  29/11/1917

Place:  Geelong

Next of Kin:  FATHER  William Hedges

52 Sackville Street, East Kew, Victoria                                                                              

Embarkation Date:  30/4/1918

Port:  Sydney  

Ship:  SS Port Darwin

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Main      

Embarked:  23/7/1919                               

Disembarked:  11/10/1919

Unit:  14th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                   

Rank:  Gunner

Discharge Date:  3/11/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  73903

Victory Medal:  70021

Other:    

BIRTH

Date or Year:  8/8/1899

Place:  Hawthorn, Victoria                        

Father:  William Noah HEDGES               

Mother:  Elizabeth PATERSON

MARRIAGE

Year:              

Place:    Aboard ship, Main         

Spouse:  Joan Noreen HIGGINS

DEATH

Date or Year: 18/3/1980                                 

Place: Colac, Victoria                              

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Trinity Grammar

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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