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HURST, Arthur Brooke
Personal Details
Service Number: | 884 |
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Enlisted: | 14 March 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Company |
Born: | Strathfield, New South Wales, 1894 |
Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Fort Street Public School |
Occupation: | Dental mechanic |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 31 July 1916 |
Cemetery: |
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V11, Row A, Grave 50, Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial NSW |
Service History
World War 1 Service
14 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 884, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 884, 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 884, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
31 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 884, 5th Machine Gun Company, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 884 awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-31 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John William and Amy Elizabeth Hurst of 24 Ocean Road, Manly, NSW
Worked for McIntosh Dentist of 157 MacQuarie Street, Sydney, NSW for 3 years
31 July 1916 - admitted to hospital after having suffered injury from a gas shell
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal