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SAMUELS, Herbert Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 745 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
| Born: | Bundemar, New South Wales, Australia, 27 August 1881 |
| Home Town: | Trangie, Narromine, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Provisional School, Bundemar, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Killed in action, Egypt, 9 August 1916, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery Row B, Grave No. 79. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dubbo Memorial Drive & Rose Garden |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 745, 7th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 5 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 745, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Saldanha embarkation_ship_number: A12 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 745, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Saldanha, Sydney | |
| 9 Aug 1916: | Involvement Trooper, 745, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 745 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Machine Gun Squadron awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1916-08-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His youngest brother, 468A Pte. Alexander Britton Samuels, 13th Battalion AIF was later killed in action at Bullecourt on 11 April 1917, aged 28. Another brother, Frederick Charles Samuels served with the Artillery in France and returned to Australia in 1919.
They were the sons of Henry Robert Samuels and Jane Evans Samuels, formerly of Trangie, NSW, both of whom had passed away prior to war.