Topic: AIF - 1B - 3 LHR
3rd LHR, AIF
3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Herbert Alexander Ward
Herbert Alexander Ward
Service number: 1319
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 9 August 1916
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: WARD, Tpr. Herbert Alexander, 1319. 3rd Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 9th Aug., 1916. Age 28. Son of William Herbert Ward and Margaret Elizabeth Ward, of Homestead, Derwent Park, Tasmania. Native of Hobart, Tasmania. B. 76.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Herbert Alexander Ward from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 1319 |
| Place of birth | Hobart, Tasmania |
| School | Leslie House School, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Stockman |
| Address | Derwent Park, Tasmania |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 27 |
| Next of kin | Father, W.H. Ward, Derwent Park, Tasmania |
| Enlistment date | 11 August 1915 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 3rd Light Horse Regiment, AIF, 9th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/8/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Vic, on board SS Makarini on 15 September 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Light Horse Regiment, AIF |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Fine amateur athlete - Winner of 10 mile cross-country championship 1909. |
| Fate | Killed in Action 9 August 1916 |
| Place of death or wounding | Bir-el-Abd |
| Age at death | 28 |
| Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave 76), Egypt. |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 4 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William Herbert and Margaret Elizabeth WARD. |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 3rd LHR, Roll of Honour, Herbert Alexander Ward
