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Herbert Hillsborough Garland

Herbert Hillsborough Garland#16162 Herbert Hillsborough Garland, NZ Army Service Corps, 14th reinforcement.

Born 17 February 1888. Fair hair, Fair complexion Grey eyes, Good character
Enlisted 10 March 1916
Like a lot of young men Herbert did not give his correct date of birth when he was called up for service, he became two years younger.

He was the youngest son of Joseph and Mary Ann Garland of Chapmans Road, Hillsborough, Christchurch.
The photo shows Herbert with a niece and nephew before he left NZ.

Herbert embarked on the SS Tahiti for the UK, disembarking at Devonport after about 6 weeks at sea, and marched to Camp Sling.
Herbert served as a driver in Camp Sling. He was injured there, losing the sight in one eye which resulted in him being discharged from duty and returned to New Zealand as an invalid on the SS Rotorua, having served 197 days overseas.

Herbert died on 31 May 1926 when he drowned on the West Coast, crossing the Grey River Bar in a boating accident.
He never married. His sister Ellen Mary Scott died in 1921, and his father Joseph died in 1923. Mary Ann his mother, devastated by the deaths of her daughter, husband and youngest son in such quick succession died in 1928.
Fortunately she did not know that her one remaining child, another son, Joseph Henry Garland would die in 1931.

From information kindly provided by Patsy Wardell

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