HUNGERFORD, Harold Aubrey
| Service Number: | 1759 |
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| 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 |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1759, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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.
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
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