HATCH, Joshua Clarence
| Service Number: | 68810 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements |
| Born: | Nuriootpa, South Australia, Australia, 6 August 1897 |
| Home Town: | Nuriootpa, Barossa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Mannum, South Australia, Australia, 19 July 1953, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mannum Cemetery, S.A. RSL Lawn Section |
| Memorials: | Angaston District WW1 Roll of Honour, Angaston War Memorial, Nuriootpa Honor Board WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 68810, Depot Battalion (AIF) | |
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| 22 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 68810, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Oct 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 68810, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, HMAT Boonah, Adelaide | |
| 14 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 68810 |
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When Joshua Clarence Hatch was born on 6 August 1897, in Nuriootpa, South Australia, Australia, his father, James Hatch, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Camphuynder, was 30. Joshua married Sophie Henriette Wilhelmine Habel on 21 June 1919, in Dutton, South Australia, Australia.
Joshua was a shop assistant in his hometown. Joshua's Father died when Joshua was ony 12 with his mother dying 20 years later in 1929.
He enlisted for the army in Melbourne when he was 21 on the 17th of September 1918. he had no previous military experience before WW1 and the service number assigned to him was 68810 and he was assigned to the 1st to 17th (VIC) reinforcements.
Joshua embarked on the 22 October 1918 just 20 days before the end of the war, going to the middle east on the HMAT Boonah A36. He came back to Australia with no recorded injuries or illnesses.
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