Regimental Number: 838988
Rank: Gunner
Branch: 2nd Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops
Herbert was born in Berkeley, Ontario on July 1, 1896. He was still living there at the time of his enlistment in March of 1916; his brothers Edward and James also served in the Canadian Army. Around 1922 or 1923, Herbert filed on a homestead at 30-72-11-W6. A present address card in his service file indicates that Herbert was living in Hythe in 1922. He and his wife later moved to Victoria. Herbert died in the Shaughnessy Hospital in Vancouver on January 23, 1957.
Sources: Pioneer Round-Up p. 228