Arthur Brooke HURST

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Service Number:	884
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

14 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 884, Liverpool, New South Wales
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

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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