SEMMENS, Herbert James
Service Numbers: | 2282, 2282A |
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Enlisted: | 17 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Toongabbie, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
Schooling: | Grenville College, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Civil Servant |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 13 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Victorian Treasury Department |
World War 1 Service
17 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2282, 60th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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14 Feb 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 60th Infantry Battalion, Prior to embarking | |
1 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2282, 60th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
1 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2282, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
6 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 66th Infantry Battalion, From the 60th Battalion | |
25 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 66th Infantry Battalion | |
2 Sep 1917: | Transferred Corporal, 38th Infantry Battalion, From 66th Battalion. Letter A added to his service number, now 2282A | |
13 Oct 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 2282A, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2282A awm_unit: 38th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-13 |
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Son of Herbert Semmens and Annie Amelia Semmens nee Boucher of Ballarat, Victoria. Brother of Percy Thomas Boucher Semmens, Annie Isabella Sarah Semmens, Sydney Peter Semmens, Ida Blanche Semmens and Mary Alice Stella Semmens
Husband of Daisy Lavinia Susan Semmens nee Hall of 436 Napier Street, Fitzroy, Victoria. Herbert and Daisy married in Victoria during 1915c
Served with the Ballarat Militia between 1907 and 1911
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal