Herbert was a single 23 year old Farmer from Wellingrove via Glen Innes, N.S.W prior to enlistment. His parents George and Harriet Doust were married in 1879 at Wellingrove, N.S.W. Marriage Cert:5120/1879 and had 8 children. George Alfred Doust born 1880 at Wellingrove, N.S.W. Birth Cert:26505/1880 and died in 1949 at Newtown, N.S.W. Death Cert:15417/1949.James Edward Doust born 1882 at Inverell, N.S.W. Birth Cert:19798/1882 and died in 1953 at Inverell, N.S.W. Death Cert:6300/1953. Ada B C Doust born 1883 at Wellingrove, N.S.W. Birth Cert:17565/1883. Harriet H Doust born 1886 at Wellingrove, N.S.W. Birth Cert:20641/1886. Thomas McCathy Doust born 1887 at Wellingrove, N.S.W. Birth Cert:21330/1887 and died in 1978, N.S.W. Death Cert:103112/1978. Serranna Doust born 1889 at Wellingrove, N.S.W. Birth Cert:20938/1889. Herbert Ernest Charles Doust born 1892 at Wellingrove, N.S.W. Birth Cert:14020/1892 and died in 1917 at Messines, Belgium. Walter Percy Doust born 1895 at Wellingrove, N.S.W. Birth Cert:22354/1895 and died in 1971 at Glen Innes, N.S.W. Death Cert:56050/1971.

(Studio Photo; Australian War Memorial; P09113.009)

(Australian National Archives)

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