HULL, Harry G
| Service Number: | 1669 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Dubbo, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Dubbo Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, France, 6 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen O III E 7 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coonamble Municipality and Wingadee Shire HR |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1669, 54th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1669, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1669, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Harry George Hull was born 1888 in Dubbo NSW. His mother died when he was only five years of age. He only arrived in France during September 1916.
On the 30 November 1916 he was admitted to Hospital with suspected bronchitis and heart failure, and died less than a week later at Number 5 General Hospital Rouen France from cerebro-spinal meningitis.
The local newspaper reported, ‘Last evening the Rev. L. Dawson Thomas was charged with the sad duty of conveying the news to Mrs. Skinner of the railway department, that her brother, Harry Hull, of the 54th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, had died in a London hospital, after an attack of bronchitis. The news came as a shock to Mrs. Skinner, who is a twin sister of the deceased soldier, more so as only two weeks ago she received a letter written from the trenches in France, and at time of writing he was in his usual good health. The late Pte. Hull, whose father resides near Taree, was a native of Dubbo and was 28 years old. He enlisted at Dubbo on December 31 last year, but prior to that had spent eight years in Coonamble, where he was highly esteemed for his many excellent qualities.’
His younger brother, 1152 Lce. Cpl. Robert Thomas Hull M.M. 2nd Battalion Machine Gun Corps AIF, was killed in action on 11 August 1918, aged 28.