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HINDHAUGH, Jacob Edwin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 15 August 1915 |
| 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: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
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 | |
| 9 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 4th Light Horse Regiment |
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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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