HEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.1613, Longitude: 2.2987
Location Information
Hem is a village in the Department of the Somme on the south side of the Authie river, on the D925 Doullens (2 kilometres) to Abbeville (40 kilometres) road.
History Information
The majority of the burials were carried out by the 2/1st South Midland Casualty Clearing Station between September 1916 and February 1917. Hem Communal Cemetery contains 32 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Total Burials: 32.
World War One Casualties: United Kingdom 31, Australia 1. Total 32.
Hem is a village in the Department of the Somme on the south side of the Authie river, on the D925 Doullens (2 kilometres) to Abbeville (40 kilometres) road.
History Information
The majority of the burials were carried out by the 2/1st South Midland Casualty Clearing Station between September 1916 and February 1917. Hem Communal Cemetery contains 32 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Total Burials: 32.
World War One Casualties: United Kingdom 31, Australia 1. Total 32.
Cemetery images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels
17296 Private
Albert Charles Cole
1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
4th February 1917, aged 22.
Row E. 2.
Son of Elizabeth Ann Eldridge, of "The Orchard Inn," Marchwood, Southampton.
His headstone bears the inscription "A Pure Life So Nobly Given Always In Thoughts Of Mother And Sister"
Albert Charles Cole
1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
4th February 1917, aged 22.
Row E. 2.
Son of Elizabeth Ann Eldridge, of "The Orchard Inn," Marchwood, Southampton.
His headstone bears the inscription "A Pure Life So Nobly Given Always In Thoughts Of Mother And Sister"
8006 Gunner
Wilfred Stanley Merlin
6th A. F. A. Bde. Australian Field Artillery
1st August 1916, aged 27.
Grave by entrance gate.
Son of W. T. and C. I. Merlin, of 522, Egdeard St., Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Till The Day Break And The Shadows Flee Away"
Also known as Wilfred Stanford Merlin, 6th Field Artillery Brigade of Ripponlea, Victoria. A school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Persic (A34) on 22 Novemberr 1915. On 1 August 1916, aged 27, he died of cerebral menengitis at Hem, France.
Wilfred Stanley Merlin
6th A. F. A. Bde. Australian Field Artillery
1st August 1916, aged 27.
Grave by entrance gate.
Son of W. T. and C. I. Merlin, of 522, Egdeard St., Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Till The Day Break And The Shadows Flee Away"
Also known as Wilfred Stanford Merlin, 6th Field Artillery Brigade of Ripponlea, Victoria. A school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Persic (A34) on 22 Novemberr 1915. On 1 August 1916, aged 27, he died of cerebral menengitis at Hem, France.
