URQUHART, Hector
| Service Number: | 2220 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Pyrmont, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 22 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Panel 39. Report states that he was on of five men who were killed and buried but a direct hit by a shell |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Pyrmont Public School Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2220, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
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| 14 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2220, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Urquhart and Mary A. Urquhart of Harris Street, Pyrmont, NSW.
Brother of Albert Urquhart whose was killed in action on 30 April 1917 and was buried in the Vraucourt Corpse Cemetery, Plot 11, Row B, Grave 9; Edward Urquhart who died of pneumonia on 4 January 1917 and is buried in the Tidworth Military Cemetery, Row C, Grave 243; Leslie Ernest Urquhart who returned to Australia on 11 February 1919 having served with the 17th Battalion and Norman Urquhart who returned to Australia on 14 May 1916 having served with the 13th Battalion
3 May 1915 - enlisted at Liverpool, NSW, with the 13th Battalion and with the rank of Private.
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal