HAUTRIVE, Marceau Norbert Francis
| Service Number: | 7244 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 November 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, 14 March 1897 |
| Home Town: | Chatswood, Willoughby, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Burwood State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Scholar |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 October 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Luddenham Badgery's Creek WW1 Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 19 Feb 1917: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 7244, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' |
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| 19 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7244, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 7244, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres |
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Marceau Norbert Francis HAUTRIVE was born on 14th March, 1897 at his parents residence "Halecote" via Liverpool NSW
His parents were Marceau HAUTRIVE and Esther GULLIVER who married in 1895 in NSW
He had previous service for 2 years & 3 months with the 18th Infantry Regiment before he enlisted on 8th November, 1916 with the Australian Army - he was with the 7th Battalion, 24th reinforcements - Unit embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Ballarat on 19th February, 1917
He was listed as Missing in Action and later as Killed in Action on 9th October, 1917 - no known grave. He is honoured on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial and the Australian War Memorial. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
He went to War at such a young age to avenge the death of an ancestor who died in War. Fate was to see him Killed in Action
May he rest in peace
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Argus, Melbourne 21st November, 1917
HAUTRIVE.- Killed in Action, October 9, Frank Hautrive, only child of Marceau Hautrive, Sydney, grandson of Madame Hautriive and the late Marceau, nephew of W Hautrive, Ivanhoe and Mrs. Mc Donald, East Melbourne.
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