15 Facts About Sydney Herring

Sydney Herring was appointed to the Australian Imperial Force on 4 October 1914 with the rank of captain in the 13th Infantry Battalion.

Just as Sydney Herring was about to order the charge, there was a sudden burst of enemy fire, which abruptly almost ceased.

Sydney Herring gave the word and his men charged across the open and made it practically unscathed, their attack having coincided with a Turkish assault further down the line and in a location where the Turkish machine gunners could not fire without hitting their own men.

Sydney Herring was slightly wounded on 17 May 1915 but remained on duty.

On 3 January 1916, Sydney Herring arrived in Alexandria with the 13th Battalion following the evacuation of Anzac.

Sydney Herring took command of the new battalion, while Durrant resumed command of the old.

Sydney Herring was promoted to the rank on 24 June 1916.

Sydney Herring, who had ordered repeated attacks on pillboxes that his men could not capture, was again mentioned in dispatches.

On 7 October 1917, Sydney Herring took over command of No 4 Training Group in England.

The group was abolished on 8 November 1917, and Sydney Herring assumed responsibility for the 3rd Training Battalion.

Sydney Herring was mentioned in despatches for the fourth time and made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George on 3 June 1919.

Sydney Herring resumed his career as real estate agent, and ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a Nationalist candidate at the 1920 election for Ryde.

Sydney Herring was one of three candidates for the Nationalist nomination for a casual vacancy for the Senate in 1924, however the Nationalist Party decided not to nominate a candidate.

Sydney Herring was placed on the retired list in 1946 with the honorary rank of brigadier.

Sydney Herring died at the age of 69 on 27 May 1951 and was cremated with full military honours.