Hector Loch BATT

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BATT, Hector Loch

Service Number:	5971
Enlisted:	21 February 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Vic., 1886
Home Town:	Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Guard
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917
Cemetery:	Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France I E 7, Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll, Coburg Moreland State School No 2837 Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

21 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5971, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 5971, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 5971, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Husband of Mrs Bridget Helena Batt, 14 Union Street, Brunswick, Victoria

Mr. Hector Loch Batt, at one time captain of the Coburg and Port Melbourne Football Clubs, and formerly associated with Brunswick Football Club, has offered his services on behalf of the Empire, and has been accepted. He resides at Brunswick road, Brunswick.

BATT.—Killed in action May 3, 1917 (previous reported wounded and missing), Pte. Hector L. Batt, 22nd Battalion, late Victorian Railways, dearly beloved husband of Nell Batt, of Cheltenham, late Brunswick, loved father of Thelma and James, aged 83 years.

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