G. HARBERT, 19 July 1916
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Gershun Harbert
Born:
30 Shevat 5648 (12 February 1888)
Died:
18 Tammuz 5676 (19 July 1916)
Basic Information
Unique reference:
HAR9914
Other first name:
Gershom
Other surname:
Harbett
Gender:
Male
Birth
Date of birth:
30 Shevat 5648 (12 February 1888)
Place of birth:
Warsaw, Poland
Death
Date of death:
18 Tammuz 5676 (19 July 1916)
Died in combat?:
Yes
Place of death:
Sugar-loaf Salient, France
Cause of death:
Killed in Action
Burial place:
V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles
Places
Other Organisations
Name:
Jewish Lads' Brigade
From "Russian Anzacs in Australian History"
The three killed [at Sugar-loaf salient in July 1916] were Boris Soans from Estonia and Arthur John Savolainen from Finland, both former seamen, and Gershun Harbert, a Polish Jew. Harbert, a former tailor, had fallen sick on Gallipoli; then in Egypt, when his division made its infamous three-day march across the desert in full kit, he suffered heat-stroke. Despite his poor health he went to the Western Front, where he lasted only a few days. During the attack his 15th Brigade was in the worst position and had to cross the widest part of no-man's-land under the German tempest of fire. Harbert found his end somewhere there among its ditches and furrows. He was reported 'missing in action'. We shall never know what made him join the AIF, probably devotion to his new homeland. A human grain of sand, doing his bit ...
Family
Siblings
Zelda Posner (female)
Homefront
Daily Standard Brisbane 19/06/1915
Gershun is likely the tailor mentioned here
Gershun is likely the tailor mentioned here
Military Record
Military service:
Australian Infantry Forces
Military record no.:
2173
Date enlisted/conscripted:
13 May 1915
Date discharged/death:
19 July 1916
Rank at discharge/death:
Private
Assignments
Battalion/unit:
59th Battalion
Posting:
Gallipoli 1915
Western Front 1916
Western Front 1916
Roll of Honour
Commonwealth Graves Commission
Rank:
Private
Date of Death:
19 July 1916
Age:
Regiment / service:
Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 59th Bn.
Cemetery:
V.c. Corner Australian Cemetery And Memorial, Fromelles, France
Grave reference:
16.
Additional information:
Personal inscription:
Other Occupations
Type of employment:
Tailor
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