Herbert Vincent LARKIN

Born 1885 in Bunbury, Western Australia ^[15]
Son of Thomas LARKIN and Mary McCOURT ^[15]
Educated at the Dardanup State School in Dardanup near Bunbury ^[18]
Worked as a Labourer and Miner prior to coming to the Carnamah / Winchester district ^{[18] [30]}
Contractor in Winchester 1914-1916 ^[19]
Contractor in Winchester and Carnamah in partnership with his brother Thomas J. LARKIN as "Larkin Bros" in 1914 and 1915 ^[34]
     In 1914 they undertook clearing for the Midland Railway Company on Lots M952 and M955 in Carnamah for £42.6.0 ^[34]
     Cleared 502 acres of scrub in Carnamah for the Midland Railway Company at 1/- per acre in 1915 ^[34]
     The 502 acres cleared in Carnamah were variously on Lots M954, M955, M956 and M957 ^[34]
In October 1914 either he or his brother were equipped by a local syndicate to go prospecting though Coorow ^{[9: 30-Oct-1914]}
Resided in Winchester until 3 January 1916 when he underwent a preliminary examination in Moora to join the A.I.F. ^{[30: item 7376666]}
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Blackboy Hill on 15 January 1916^{[30: item 7376666]}
     On enlistment was noted as 5 feet 8½ inches tall, weighing 140 lbs., with grey eyes, dark brown hair and a tanned complexion ^[30]
     His next of kin was his mother Mrs Mary LARKIN of Greenbushes and Perth, his father having died in 1908 ^[30]
     Sapper 4383 in the Mining Corps of the Australian Imperial Force's 6 Tunnelling Company for some of the year 1916 ^[30]
     Embarked Fremantle WA on the H.M.T. Warilda on the 1 May 1916 and disembarked in Plymouth, England on 18 July 1916 ^[30]
     Admitted to the Brimstone Bottom Isolation Hospital / Tidworth Military Hospital ailing from measles and broncho pneumonia ^[30]
Died 10 August 1916 at Tidworth Military Hospital in Tidworth, Wiltshire, England ^[30]
Buried and Memorialised at the Tidworth Military Cemetery in North Tidworth, Wiltshire, England ^{[17] [18]}
Later in 1916 his mother was sent his personal effects and granted a fortnightly pension from the A.I.F. of 40/- ^[30]
His name appeared on a Roll of Honour for the Moora district, prepared by Rev. Frederick W. GUNNING in 1916 ^{[10: 1-Sep-1916]}
His name was included on the Honour Roll of Saint James' Anglican Church in Moora ^{[9: 28-Mar-1919]}

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