Flannery, Herbert Vincent

All Campaigns

17 Jan

Written By Renegade Moss

SURNAME

Flannery

NAME

Herbert Vincent

PLACE OF BIRTH

Tiaro, QLD

OCCUPATION

Student

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Cairns, QLD

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

8-08-1918

NEXT OF KIN

(father) Patrick Francis Flannery, Mossman via Cairns, QLD (Mossman State School Head Teacher)

LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE

Mossman is given as permanent address on Attestation Form

REGIMENT 1

Queensland Reinforcement 7

RANK

Private

DATE DISCHARGED

1-03-1919

OTHER INFORMATION

British War Medal No.34612

STORY OUTLINE

Herbert Vincent Flannery was required to obtain his parents' permission to enlist being underage, which he duly supplied on 7-07-1918. He embarked aboard HT Wyreema from Sydney on 14-10-1918 and two weeks later developed measles and disembarked at Durban South Africa on 8-11-1918.

He was admitted to Congella Military Epidemic Hospital, and afterwards transferred to the General Depot there. In December 1918 he was transferred by ship to Cape Town where he embarked on HT Saxon for Australia on 5-01-1919 and after arriving on 30-1-1919 was discharged as having no disability on 1-3-1919. He died in Brisbane on 10-12-1963.

SERVICE NO

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