HINDHAUGH, Jacob Edwin
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 15 August 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Camperdown, Victoria, Australia, 9 September 1879 |
| Home Town: | Hampton, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Camperdown, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Natural causes, Koroit, Victoria, Australia, 14 March 1959, aged 79 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Fairy Public Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Light Horse Brigade HQ, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: Incorrectly recorded on original roll as Jacob Edward Hindhaugh. Other records indicate he may have embarked on HMAT Wiltshire on 19 October 1914 | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Light Horse Brigade HQ, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
| 15 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 1st Light Horse Brigade HQ, Melbourne, Vic. | |
| 9 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 4th Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Jacob HINDHAUGH and Alice Elizabeth HINDHAUGH nee WITTON
Husband of Elsie haden HINDHAUGH nee COPE
Captain Jacob Edwin Hindhaugh of Hampton, Victoria, of the 1st Light Horse, who is reported ill, joined the 11th, Light Horse as a second lieutenant in 1908. He was transferred to he 2nd Light Horse in 1912 with the rank of lieutenant, receiving his captaincy two years later. In 1910 he was appointed (temporarily)area officer of his district. He is 34 years of age.
Biography
Error in information provided re Embarkation date and vessel. Jacob Edwin (known as Jack) Hindhaugh boarded the "Wiltshire" in Melbourne on 18 October, 1914 at 3pm. He records in his diary the following entry for this date:
"18-10-14 Melbourne 3pm – Boarded the troop ship ‘Wiltshire’ with Col. Forsyth, Curley & Wally after saying ‘Good Bye’ to Elsie and the kiddies and Charl. Pulled out from the pier and anchored in the Bay until morning, wrote letter & P.C. home."
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