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SORRELL, Herbert Walter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 8416 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 June 1915, at Keswick |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Port Adelaide, South Australia, October 1894 |
| Home Town: | Keswick, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | 12 June 1941, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 10S, Site No: 5 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 8416, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , at Keswick | |
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| 22 Nov 1915: | Involvement Driver, 8416, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Nov 1915: | Embarked Driver, 8416, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 8416, 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
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Herbert Walter Sorrell
Herbert Walter was born in 1894 in Port Adelaide, South Australia. He enrolled for the war on June the 29th 1915 at the age of 20 years and 8 months. Before he joined the 6th Field Artillery Brigade, he worked as a butcher. John served with the 6th Field Artillery Brigade thoruhgout the war, serving on the Western Front from June 1916 until the end of the war. He got married to Ethel May Wilkins on the 30th of August 1919. He came back to Australia on the 7th of November 1919. He is buried in the West Terrace Cemetery.
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