HYDEN, George Walter
| Service Number: | 1137 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Fremantle Boys School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1137, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1137, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1137, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 1137, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1137 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-09-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
George Hyden was the only son of Albert and Hannah Hyden, who had come to Western Australia from Bendigo, Victoria.
Sergeant Hyden joined the 1st Reinforcements, and was in A Company, 11th Battalion, 3rd Brigade. He was one of the first to land at the Dardanelles. He was wounded in the hand after being 40 hours in the trenches, and was sent to hospital at Alexandria, in Egypt. He was also wounded a second time during July 1915, and was evacuated to hospital at Malta. He returned to be present at the evacuation of Anzac, where soon after he was transferred to the 51st Battalion, and received his promotion, to Lance- Corporal, Corporal, and Sergeant, before leaving for France. He was only 22 years of age.
“An only son. He was present at the landing at the Dardanelles where he was wounded and again seriously in July. He took part in the evacuation of Gallipoli and proceeded then to France, where he fell fighting 3rd Sept. 1916.” Mother (widow) Roll of Honour form.
His father, Albert passed away in 1918.
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