HERIVEL, John Francis
| Service Number: | 28964 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 1st Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF |
| Born: | Waratah, New South Wales, Australia, 27 January 1895 |
| Home Town: | Coolongolook, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Coolongolook, New South Wales, Australia, 29 June 1967, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-30A. 128. |
| Memorials: | Coolongolook & District Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 28964, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries | |
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| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 28964, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 28964, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 10 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 28964, 1st Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
56 years ago today, on the 22nd September 1967, Gunner John Francis Herivel, 1st Australian Medium Trench Mortar Battery (Reg No-28964), labourer from Coolongolook, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 72. CATHOLIC 2-30A. 128.
Born at Waratah, New South Wales on the 28th January 1895 to Peter George and Charlotte Herivel nee Griffith; husband of Ada May Herivel nee Agnew (married 1950, Lambton, N.S.W., died 9.8.1986, buried 21.11.1986, age 80, sleeping here), John enlisted on the 19th May 1916 at Waratah, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A30 Borda on the 17th October 1916.
Wounded in action - 15.7.1917 (laceration left hand).
Admitted to hospital 6.8.1917 (not stated).
John returned home on the 6th June 1919, being discharged on the 14th July 1919.
Mr. Herivel’s name has been inscribed on the Coolongolook & District Honour Roll and the Waratah-St Philip's Anglican Church Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies at John’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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