Herbert is shown coming back to Canada (and already living in Pincher Creek, Alberta) on the ship Carmania as part of the dispersal draft, in May 1919. His original unit is listed as “13CMR”.

His enlistment record shows him as 5 foot, 9&1/2 inches tall, dark complexion, gray eyes and black hair. He was 28 at the time, and listed as a farmer, unmarried at the time. He signed August 25, 1915.