Topic: AIF - 2B - 2 LHMGS
2nd LHMGS, AIF
2nd Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron
Roll of Honour
Herbert Edward Samuels
Herbert Edward Samuels
Service number: 745
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 2nd Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron
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: SAMUELS, Tpr. Herbert Edward, 745. 2nd Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Sqdn. Killed in action 9th Aug., 1916. Age 35. Son of Henry Robert and Jane Samuels. Native of Trangie, New South Wales. B. 79.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Herbert Edward Samuels from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 745 |
| Place of birth | Bundemar, New South Wales |
| School | Provisional School, Bundemar, New South Wales |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Labourer |
| Address | PO Hay, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 34 |
| Next of kin | Sister, Miss Maud M. Samuels, Willow Bend, Trangie, New South Wales |
| Enlistment date | 8 December 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 7th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/12/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A12 Saldanha on 5 February 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
| Fate | Killed in Action 9 August 1916 |
| Age at death | 35 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 35 |
| Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 79), Egypt |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 180 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Henry and Jane SAMUELS. Native of Trangie, New South Wales |
| Family/military connections | Youngest brother A B Samuel missing, F G Samuel returned home. |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
2nd Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron, AIF
2nd Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron, 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: 2nd LHMGS, Roll of Honour, Herbert Edward Samuels
