HAINES, Hurtle Thomas
| Service Number: | 6255 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 May 1916, Quorn, South Australia, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glenelg, South Australia, Australia , 30 June 1892 |
| Home Town: | Quorn, Flinders Ranges, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fireman, South Australian Railways |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 2 March 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 16 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Quorn, South Australia, Australia | |
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| 28 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6255, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6255, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| 2 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6255, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6255 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-03-02 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Chronicle (Adelaide, SA: 1895 - 1954) Saturday 12 May 1917
THE LATE PRIVATE H. T. HAINES
Official information has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Haines, of North Quorn, that their son. Private Hurtle Thomas Haines, was killed in action in France on March 2. He enlisted on May 15, 1916, and sailed on August 28, 1916. He had been in the firing line since December last. Private Haines, who was born at Glenelg, but had lived at Quorn for many years, was nearly 25 years of age. Prior to enlisting he was employed by the Railways Department as fireman. He was well spoken of by all who knew him.
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The Register (Adelaide, SA: 1901 - 1929) Monday 23 April 1917
BROTHERS KILLED.
QUORN, April 20.— About the middle of March Mr. and Mrs. Charles Haines of North Quorn, received news that their son, Hurtle Thomas Haines, had been killed in action in France, and that a younger son, Lce.-Cpl Charles E. Haines, had been wounded. On April 17 the parents received news that Lce.-Cpl. Ernest Haines had been killed in action on April 4. The deceased was about 21 years, of age, and before enlisting was employed as a grocer in Mr. R.W. Foster's store in Quorn. He and his brother enlisted at Quorn on May 16, 1916, and went to France a few weeks, later.
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