Wilfred Rupert HERRICK

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HERRICK, Wilfred Rupert

Service Number:	3132
Enlisted:	7 July 1915, Enlisted in Melbourne. Assigned to 7th Reinforcements of the 21st Inf Bn.
Last Rank:	Wheeler Corporal
Last Unit:	12th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 1896
Home Town:	Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Coach builder and wheelwright
Died:	Victoria, Australia , 30 January 1968, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Roman Catholic, Compartment M, Section I, Grave 22
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World War 1 Service

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3132, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Melbourne. Assigned to 7th Reinforcements of the 21st Inf Bn.
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3132, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3132, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
16 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Division Artillery , Transferred as Gunner with 5th Division Ammunition Column.
16 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Wheeler Corporal, 5th Division Artillery
25 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Wheeler Corporal, 12th Field Artillery Brigade
2 Nov 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Promoted to Temporary Sergeant until 28 Nov 1918.
17 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Wheeler Corporal, 3132, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged in 3rd Military District, Melbourne.

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Biography contributed by Karan CAMPBELL-DAVIS

Wilfred Rupert HERRICK was born in 1896 in Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to parents Matthew and Ellen (née SCOTT) HERRICK. He married Mary McPHEE in 1924, and they had 4 children.

A coach builder and wheelwright by trade, Wilfred, who was known by his middle name of Rupert, enlisted in the AIF on 7th July 1915, and served three years on the battlefields of France, surviving a serious bout of pneumonia. He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal for his service. He died in 1968, and is buried in the Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Victoria.

Compiled by Karan CAMPBELL-DAVIS from historical records kept by Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria, and the National Archives of Australia.

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