Tribune, 29 November 1917
Advocate, 1 Dec 1917
Advocate, 22 Dec 1917
The above newspaper reports give a little background on 4200 Pte Herbert Victor Stait's war and the Roll of Honour Circular that his mother Mary Ann filled out tells us a little more about the man - he was a 28 year old baker who was born in North Melbourne and attended school in both North Melbourne and Brunswick.
He died on 4 October 1917 and is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial in Belgium.
He was remembered at a Memorial Service for the Fallen held in Coburg in February 1918 and a tree was planted in his memory (tree #111) in the Memorial Avenue of Trees at Coburg Lake Reserve.
Courtesy Coburg Historical Society.
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