Harold Aubrey HUNGERFORD

HUNGERFORD, Harold Aubrey

Service Number: 1759
Enlisted: 31 December 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
Born: Maitland, New South Wales, Australia , July 1892
Home Town: Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling: Newtown Public School, New South Wales
Occupation: Motor Driver
Died: Wounds, At sea (HS Ulysses), 24 August 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave Panel 41, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

31 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1759, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
20 Mar 1915: Involvement Private, 1759, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Mar 1915: Embarked Private, 1759, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918

Pte Harold Aubrey HUNGERFORD,
Regimental Number:   1759
Unit Name:   14th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement

Religion:   Church of England

Occupation:   Motor Driver

Address:   'Kaludah', Sebastopol Street, Marrickville, Sydney, NSW

Age of Enlistment:   22 years and 5 months

Enlistment Date and Place:

31 December 1914, Melbourne, Vic.

Next of Kin:  Father, Henry Walter Hungerford, 'Kaludah', Sebastopol Street, Marrickville, NSW

Rank on Enlistment:   Private

Embarkation Details:   Unit embarked from Melbourne, Vic., on board HMAT A9 Shropshire, on 29 March 1915

Rank from Nominal Roll:   Private

Unit from Nominal Roll:   14th Battalion

Campaigns Served:   Egypt; Gallipoli, Turkey

War Service/Promotion:   Reports compound fracture, left arm, at Gallipoli Peninsula, week ending 21 August 1915

Fate:   Died of wounds received in action,

9.40am, 24 August 1915

Place of Death:   Ulysses at sea

Place of Burial:   He was buried at sea from HMAT A38 Ulysses, by Captain Barker.

Panel Number Roll of Honour AWM:   72

Medals/Citations:   1914/15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal 

War Memorial/Honour Roll:   The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 41), Gallipoli, Turkey; Newtown Superior Public School; Marrickville War Memorial, Marrickville, NSW

Note: The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Harry W and Eleanor Hungerford of 'Katutah' Sebastoplo Street, Marrickville, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal