Herbert SANLON

Badge Number: 22912, Sub Branch: Orroroo
22912

SANLON, Herbert

Service Numbers: 2145, A02022
Enlisted: 14 December 1916
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 22nd (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born: Korumburra, Victoria, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Preston, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Unknown , 26 December 1936, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Orroroo District Roll of Honour WW1
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World War 1 Service

12 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 2145, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
12 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 2145, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide
14 Dec 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, A02022, 22nd (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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Biography contributed by Westminster School

Herbert Sanlon was born in Korumburra, Victoria, his true name was Scanlon Herbert. Before he enlisted, his occupation was a farmer. At seventeen years of age Herbert Scanlon lied about his age when he came to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force in 1915 as Herbert Sanlon. In and out of auxiliary hospitals throughout his service, Scanlon was eventually discharged and sent home due to nephritis. 

In 1916, he enlisted in Melbourne as an A.I.F, and joined the World War 1. This is the biggest things that happened in his life. He was awarded two medals which are the British War medal and Victory Medal. 

After the war Scanlon embarked on a career as a writer, eventually publishing some 17 short collections of short stories, poems and the occasional humorous episodes. While many of the stories are standard trench experience accounts, a number are written with sensitivity and passion. The booklets were sold for one shilling by door-to-door salesmen, ex-servicemen whom Scanlon claimed he had selected for their.

He died in 26 December 1936.

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