James Edmond HIBBERT

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Service Number:	562
Enlisted:	11 May 1916, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sorrento, Victoria, 1898
Home Town:	Sorrento, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Lemonade Filler
Memorials:	Sorrento St. John's Anglican Church Memorial Window, Sorrento War Memorial

11 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 562, 2nd ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria
1 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 562, 2nd ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A67' Orsova from Melbourne on 1st August 1916, disembarking Plymouth, England on 14th September 1916
26 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Infantry Battalion
13 Aug 1917:	Embarked 562, 5th Infantry Battalion, Proceeded to France from Southampton, England.
6 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 562, 5th Infantry Battalion, Gun shot wound to thigh.
13 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion
20 May 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A71' Nestor from Liverpool, England on 20th May 1919, disembarking Melbourne on 2nd July 1919.
6 Aug 1923:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 562, 24th Infantry Battalion

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Son of George and Mary Sophia (nee Lyons) HIBBERT of Sorrento, Victoria. George Hibbert was the proprietor of the Lemonade Factory in Sorrento.

Brother of

1084 Private Frank Ernest HIBBERT , 5th Australian Divisional Headquarters, returned to Australia 15th April 1919 (born 1880) Husband of May HIBBERT, and father of four children.
706 Lance Corporal Albert George HIBBERT - 31st Infantry Battalion, killed in action 21st July 1916 France (born 1889) Husband of Mary (nee Chapman) HIBBERT, married in 1911
2850 Private Cecil Stanley Samuel HIBBERT - 7th Infantry Battalion, died of wounds 5th October 1917 Belgium (born 1893)