HARTLAND, Edward
| Service Number: | 3262 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 October 1916, Initially enlisted 35th Bn for 97 days but discharged medically unfit 5/4/1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | West Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 10 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | West Wallsend, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wheeler |
| Died: | West Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 1 February 1955, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Wallsend General Cemetery, NSW GENERAL-OLD SECTION 3. Row T. Plot 45. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3262, 56th Infantry Battalion, Initially enlisted 35th Bn for 97 days but discharged medically unfit 5/4/1916 | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 3262, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 3262, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 15 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3262, 56th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), Gassed | |
| 22 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3262, 56th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, MU due to gassing and chronic bronchitis |
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From Gary Mitchell
Served and suffered during The Great War, now esting at West Wallsend Cemetery.
Private Edward Hartland, 56th Battalion (Reg No-3262), wheeler from Saint Helen Street, Holmesville, New South Wales, died at West Wallsend, N.S.W. on the 1st February 1955, age-60, possibly buried on the 3rd February 1955. GENERAL-OLD SECTION 3. Row T. Plot 45.
Born at West Wallsend, New South Wales on the 10th April 1894 to Mr.? Anderson and Hannah Maria Hartland of Saint Helen Street, Holmesville, New South Wales; husband of Vera Hartland nee Featherstone (married 1918, West Wallsend, N.S.W., died?), Edward enlisted December 1915 (as ANDERSON) with the 35th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Discharged medically unfit for active service on the 5.4.1916.
Reenlisted-9.10.1916, Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 15.5.1917 (gassed).
Edward was invalided home October 1917, being discharged medically unfit (bronchitis) on the 22nd November 1917.
Mr. Hartland’s name has been inscribed on the Holmesville WW1 Roll of Honour (photos) and the West Wallsend Soldiers' Memorial. Name inscribed on the West Wallsend Superior Public School Honour Roll as ANDERSON, E.
I have placed poppies on Edward’s Commonwealth War Graves Plaque in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states Died after Discharge, 1.2.1955.
Older brother Albert William Wooderson (Lieutenant, D.C.M., M.I.D., 35th Battalion, Reg No-459, born 1893? Holmesville, N.S.W., died 7.12.1944, Lidcombe, N.S.W.) also served 1st A.I.F.
Many thanks to Smith Dick for the notification and database of those resting at West Wallsend General Cemetery.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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