HINSON, Rupert Sykes
| Service Number: | 25530 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 10 December 1915, Enlisted at Casula. |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 20 June 1891 |
| Home Town: | Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tinsmith at Tramway Workshops |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 14 March 1918, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Somer Farm Cemetery B. 15. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Moore Park Cricket Association Memorial Fountain |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 25530, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Casula. | |
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| 29 Jun 1916: | Involvement Driver, 25530, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1916: | Embarked Driver, 25530, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 14 Mar 1918: | Involvement Driver, 25530, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 25530 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-03-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Rupert Sykes HINSON (Service Number 25530) was born on 20th June 1890 at Redfern. He began working for the NSW Tramways as a tinsmith at Randwick Workshops in July 1913 and retained this role for his whole career. He was released from duty to join the AIF on 10th December 1915 and enlisted at Casula the same day. He waa allotted to the 1st Field Artillery Brigade. He was married and gave his wife Ethel as next of kin.
He left Australia from Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Orsova’ on 29th July 1916, reaching Plymouth (England) on 14th September. While in England he fell foul of authority and was charged with:
‘Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline in that he was insolent to his Superior Officer. 2. Using obscene language.’
He was punished with five days Field Punishment No. 2 by a Major Cooke-Russell. He went overseas to France in December 1916. He was marched into Etaples, where he was now taken on the strength of the 55th Australian Infantry Battalion.
He was given leave in England from 9th January 1918. He did not return immediately to France but was detained for a month of duty with Australian Base Post Office, London.
He did return to France on 19th February 1918,'
He was killed in action on 14th March. He was buried 700 yards NE of Wytschaete and 200 yards SW of Somer Farm by Rev Wm Holliday. This grave had not been located in March 1920. This information was advised to Hinson’s mother at that date. The promised search must have succeeded as another document addressed to his widow in 1921 shows ‘Somer Farm Cemetery No. 1, 3½ miles South of Ypres’. The Australian War Memorial website simply records ‘Ypres, Flanders, Belgium’.
Rupert and Ethel had a son, Rupert Desmond.
By 1922 Ethel had remarried as Mrs Cleary.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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