Name
Claude Handford Herbert
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
06/11/1918
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Royal Australian Navy
H.M.A.S. “Huon”
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
STAGLIENO CEMETERY, GENOA
II. B. 5.
Italy
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 16 Sep 1896 in Punjab, India son of Major C. Herbert. Educated at Haileybury College 1910-14.
Wartime Service
Enlisted as Midshipman R.N. on 1 Apr 1915 and was promoted to Sub-Lieutenant on 15 Mar 1917. He must have transferred to the Royal Australian Navy and joined the crew of H.M.A.S. Huon. Huon was part of the 5th British Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean on anti-submarine duties. He died of pneumonic influenza in 11th General Hospital, while his ship was docked in Genoa for repairs after a collision with H.M.A.S. Yarra.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
