Albert Edward HACKWOOD

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HACKWOOD, Albert Edward

Service Number:	4813
Enlisted:	23 September 1915, Toowoomba, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born:	Warwick, Queensland, Australia, 13 March 1894
Home Town:	Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Warwick State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Miller/Labourer
Died:	Died of Wounds, Belgium, 20 October 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Warwick War Memorial

World War 1 Service

23 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4813, Toowoomba, Queensland
28 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4813, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
28 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4813, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane
20 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4813, 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Third Ypres

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...4813 Private Albert Edward Hackwood, 15th Battalion, of Warwick, Qld. A labourer in a flour mill prior to enlistment, Pte Hackwood embarked with the 15th Reinforcements from Brisbane on HMAT Commonwealth on 28 March 1916. He later transferred to the 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery. On 20 October 1917 he was killed in action at Passchendaele Ridge, aged 23." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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