HARGRAVE, Geoffrey Lewis
| Service Number: | 41 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, 21 March 1892 |
| Home Town: | Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Draughtsman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 4 May 1915, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 37, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 41, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 41, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 41, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Geoffrey Lewis HARGRAVE (Service Number 41) was born on 21 March 1892 at Darlinghurst. He had commenced work in the Electrical Branch of the Tramways in February 1913 as a temporary junior draftsman. He was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 12 August 1914, virtually immediately on the declaration of war. He was unmarried, and gave as his next of kin his father,
He was killed in action on 4th May 1915, within the first fortnight of the campaign.
His father, Lawrence Hargrave, died of appendicitis two months later on 6th July.
Submitted 29 August 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Lawrence and Margaret P. Hargrave of Wunulla Road, Woollahra, NSW. Brother of Olive Hargrave of the Stirling Hotel, Mt Lofty, SA
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Geoffrey Lewis HARGRAVE (Service Number 41) was born on 21st March 1892 at Darlinghurst. He had commenced work in the Electrical Branch of the Tramways in February 1913 as a temporary junior draftsman. He was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 12th August 1914, virtually immediately on the declaration of war. He was unmarried, and gave as his next of kin his father, Lawrence Hargrave, the noted aviation pioneer.
Hargrave left Australia from Melbourne aboard HMAT ‘Ulysses’ on 22nd December 1914.
He disembarked in Egyptm and had further training there before landing at Gallipoli with the 13th Australian Infantry Battalion.
He was killed in action on 4th May, that is within the first fortnight of the campaign. He has no known grave. He is therefore remembered on the Lone Pine Memorial above the battlefield.
His father, Lawrence Hargrave, died of appendicitis two months later on 6th July 1915.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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