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HURLING, David Thomas
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4498 |
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Enlisted: | 20 September 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Minlaton, South Australia, 21 May 1880 |
Home Town: | Minlaton, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 August 1916, aged 36 years |
Cemetery: |
Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France IX A |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Minlaton Methodist Sunday School Pictorial Honor Roll, Minlaton War Memorial WW1, Tumby Bay RSL Portrait Memorials, Tumby Bay War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
20 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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11 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4498, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
11 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4498, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide |
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"THE LATE PRIVATE D. T. HURLING.
Mrs. Hurling, of Minlaton, Yorke Peninsula, has been informed that her youngest son, Private David T. Hurling, has been killed in action in France. He was 36 years of age, and was held in high esteem by all who knew him." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 21 Oct 1916 (nla.gov.au)