Harry Laurence HACK

HACK, Harry Laurence

Service Number: 3711
Enlisted: 17 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 52nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Stewart Range, South Australia, 1 June 1887
Home Town: Stewarts, Naracoorte and Lucindale, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Natural causes, Daw Park, South Australia, 10 May 1950, aged 62 years
Cemetery: Naracoorte Cemetery, S.A.
Grave E99. Interred on 12 May 1950
Memorials: Naracoorte and District Town Hall Honour Board WW1
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World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3711, Adelaide, South Australia
2 Dec 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3711, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
2 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3711, 12th Infantry Battalion, RMS Malwa, Adelaide
3 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion
4 Sep 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3711, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, GSW (neck)
27 Aug 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3711, 52nd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Hack and Emma Hack nee Harding of Stewart Range, SA. Brother of William Harding Hack, Lutie Maud Hack, Wilton Robson Hack, Jessie Emma Hack, Wilfred Francis Rowland Hack, Charles Henry Hack, Lillian May Hack, Stephen Ernest Hack and Theodore Hack

Commenced return to Australia on 17 March 1917 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on 12 May 1917

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 8 September 1926 Harry married Ada Marshall in the Methodist Manse, Naracoorte, SA

 

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