Herbert Sherwood Marsh

The Drill of the Foot-Hills Feb-Mar 1917 p 10
Personal Information
Date of Birth	unknown
Place of Birth	Armadale, Western Australia
Death	6 Apr 1978, aged 85
Place of Death	Como, Western Australia
Age at Enlistment	23 years, 6 months
Description	5' 9" (1.75m) tall ; weight 126lbs (57.2 kg); tanned complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair
Occupation	farmer
Religion	Methodist
Address	Kelmscott, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Father Nr John Sherwood Marsh
Military Information
Reg Number	2883
Date of Enlistment	20 Mar 1916
Rank	Trooper
Unit/Formation	10th Light Horse Regiment, 20th Reinforcements / ANZ Mounted Division
Date of Embarkation	31 Jul 1916 - 24 Aug 1916
Ship Embarked On	RMS Mongolia
Date of Return	10 Jul 1919 - 4 Aug 1919
Ship Returned On	SS Oxfordshire
Fate	Returned to Australia
Monument	none currently Armadale Congregational Church Honour Board
Medals	British War Medal Victory Medal

Pre War

Married Myrtle Edith Bechtel in Beverley in 1916 before going overseas. Myrtle died on 29 Oct 1967 in South Perth aged 73

War Service

Entered the Claremont camp on 31 Mar 1916 and trained initially with the 19th reinforcement draft for the 10th Light Horse Regiment. On 9 Jun 1916 was transferred to the 20th draft, and travelled with them to Egypt.

On arrival in Moascar, Egypt, Herbert was placed in the isolation camp on 25 Aug 1916 and kept there until 23 Sep 1916 when he joined the Light Horse training unit. He finally joined the 10th Light Horse Regiment in the field on 23 Oct 1916 at Hod el Amara and spent the next month with them near Romani.

In Feb 1917 he was ill with lumbago for a week being treated by the 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, and then again on 10 Apr 1917, this time in the 14th Australian General Hospital with cystitis until 22 Aug 1917. While he returned to his unit on 26 Sep 1917, it was not long before he was again in hospital on 4 Oct 1917, this time with malaria. Several malarial relapses followed and he spent most of the war in poor health.

Discharged 5th Military District 21 Nov 1919

The 1917 Feb-Mar edition of The Drill of the Foot-Hills mentions his name only, no details.

Post War

Electoral Roll entries: 1916 farmer at West Dale; 1925 Northam, farmer; 1926 a station hand at Norseman; (Myrtle, not with him); 1931 - 1968 at 29 Swan street, South Perth, collar maker; Son Fred Sherwood Marsh (b. 22 Nov 1924), a teacher with them in 1968; 1972 -1977 at 77 Edgecumbe street Como with Fred and Joan Dorothy.

Fred Sherwood Marsh served from 30 Jan 1943 until 28 Feb 1946 in the RAAF as a Warrant Officer during WW2 with Reg No 436526

External Links

• AIF Project
• RSL Virtual War Memorial