BEARD, Herbert Alexander
| Service Number: | 21968 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade |
| Born: | Toodyay, Western Australia, May 1890 |
| Home Town: | Worsley, Collie, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 25 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium Plot VII, Row A, Grave No. 1 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Donnybrook War Memorial, Pingelly Memorial Arbour Walk |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 21968, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade | |
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| 20 May 1916: | Involvement Driver, 21968, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 20 May 1916: | Embarked Driver, 21968, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 25 Sep 1917: | Involvement Driver, 21968, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 21968 awm_unit: 8th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-09-25 |
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Friends of ANZAC Cottage Inc
Dvr Herbert (Bert) Alexander BEARD
The previous posts re "Other ANZAC Cottages" have highlighted projects in the metro area, but, as always, the country communities embraced the idea of providing homes for returned disabled soldiers and/or families who had lost their fathers, sons, husbands and brothers.
Herbert Alexander Beard, a labourer who was working at Worsley enlisted at the age of 25 years old, leaving his wife, Evelyne and two little boys as he joined the AIF. Serving in the 8th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery, Herbert (often known as Bert) was first recorded as missing, then deemed killed in action on 25 September, 1917 at the age of 27. With the donation of a block of land from prominent resident, James Egan, the community set about building a home for the grieving widow and the two sons.
(Source: This information was sourced from newspaper cuttings from Ethel Egan's notebook- the source and date of the cuttings is not known.)
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