LAWRY H.

Given Names:  Herbert Edwin

Service Number:  6341

Unit:  21st Battalion, 18th reinforcements                                                                         

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  133206

Age:  32 Yrs   

Occupation:  Baker                                                                                                        

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  4½ In                  

Weight:  150 Lbs

Chest:  33-35 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Sallow

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  26/10/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Samson Lawry

76 Walker Street, Clifton Hill, Victoria                                                                               

Embarkation Date:  23/11/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Hororata A20

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Suevic   

Embarked:  21/4/1918                               

Disembarked:  2/6/1918

Unit:  21st Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:                                       

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  53551

Victory Medal:  53027

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1884

Place:  Gisborne, Victoria                        

Father:  Samson LAWRY                         

Mother:  Bessie SOPER

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 8/6/1918                            

Place: Melbourne (Hospital, St Kilda Rd), Victoria                                                     

Burial:  Coburg Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 6/10/1917; gun shot wound, right eye (excised) and thigh

Wounded in action 4/10/1917 at Ypres

High explosive shell burst, hit over right eye with a piece of shell

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION