Arthur Havelock HIRST

HIRST, Arthur Havelock

Service Numbers: 326, N30047
Enlisted: 7 January 1915
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 54th Infantry Battalion
Born: BUNDABERG, QLD, 13 July 1894
Home Town: Annandale, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk - later Town Clerk Kur-ing-gai Council
Died: Natural causes, Yamba, New South Wales, Australia, 4 January 1968, aged 73 years
Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
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World War 1 Service

7 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 326
13 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 326, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
13 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 326, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
29 Aug 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Light Horse Regiment
29 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 326, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
14 Nov 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion
14 Nov 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 7th Light Horse Regiment
14 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 54th Infantry Battalion
1 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 54th Infantry Battalion
19 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), GSW right buttock
28 Feb 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 54th Infantry Battalion
1 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 61st Infantry Battalion
15 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 54th Infantry Battalion
12 Feb 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 54th Infantry Battalion, Appointment terminated on being appointed to a commission in the Indian Army.

World War 2 Service

8 Oct 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, N30047
8 Oct 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , N30047
18 Apr 1942: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , N30047

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