Herbert BALSTON

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Service Number:	3109
Enlisted:	15 May 1916, Albany, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	10th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	London, England, 6 June 1886
Home Town:	Albany, Albany, Western Australia
Schooling:	Stoke Poges and Eton College, England
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Suicide, Albany, Western Australia, Australia, 30 January 1922, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Albany Public Cemetery (Old) / Memorial Park Cemetery (WA)
Memorials:

15 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3109, Albany, Western Australia
13 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 3109, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan MacCorquodale embarkation_ship_number: A6 public_note: ''
13 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 3109, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Clan MacCorquodale, Fremantle
19 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 3109, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Severely wounded at Gaza with gunshot wounds to his legs.
16 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 3109, 10th Light Horse Regiment

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