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HEMMING, Victor Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2731 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 July 1915, Frasers Hill, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Clayfield, Queensland, Australia, 10 February 1896 |
| Home Town: | Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Indooroopilly State School & Brisbane Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, Armentières, France, 6 May 1918, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ebblinghem Military Cemetery I E 30, Ebblinghem Military Cemetery, Ebblinghem, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane Grammar School Memorial Library WW1 Honour Board 1, Indooroopilly War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2731, 26th Infantry Battalion, Frasers Hill, Queensland | |
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| 21 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2731, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane | |
| 21 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2731, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 May 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2731, 12th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front" |
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"Mr. H. B. Hemming, of Witton House, Indooroopilly, has been advised that his only son, Victor Charles Hemming, who left Brisbane some three years ago, was killed in action in France on April 27 last." - from the Queenslander 01 Jun 1918 (nla.gov.au)
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