William Albert HULL

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HULL, William Albert

Service Number:	1034
Enlisted:	19 September 1914, 270 days Cpl Imperial Yeomanry, Sth Africa
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 1
Last Unit:	4th Divisional Train
Born:	London, England, January 1875
Home Town:	Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shoe Maker
Died:	Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, cause of death not yet discovered, date not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-29. 77.
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World War 1 Service

19 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1034, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train, 270 days Cpl Imperial Yeomanry, Sth Africa
21 Dec 1914:	Involvement 1034, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1914:	Embarked 1034, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Port Macquarie, Sydney
8 Jun 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 1, 1034, 4th Divisional Train, Medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

An Original Anzac who served during The Great War now resting at Sandgate Cemetery, not forgotten.

86 years ago today, on the Friday afternoon of the 25th December 1936, Warrant Officer (Class 1) William Albert Hull, 7th Australian Army Service Corps (Reg No-1034), shoemaker from 'Woodberry', Ontoria Street, Adamstown, New South Wales and 2 Union Street, Adamstown, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 62. ANGLICAN 1-29. 77.

Born at London, England about 1875 to William Albert and ? Hull; husband of Isabella Mary Hull nee Kirk (married 1913, Newcastle, N.S.W., died?), William enlist on the 19th September 1914 with the 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train at Marrickville, N.S.W.

Admitted to hospital, Maadi, Egypt 10.1.1916 (not stated), 25.9.1917 (pyorrhoea - a common dental condition), 2.11.1917 (exostosis lower femur - benign growth of bone extending outwards from the surface of a bone).

Granted leave to England 29.12.1917 to 15.1.1918.
William returned home on the 7th June 1918, being discharged medically unfit (lumbago) on the 13th September 1918.

Report that William attended a send off for Private Raymond Edmond, 4th Battalion (Reg No-65973), grocer from Glebe Road, Adamstown, New South Wales, born at Adamstown on the 11.7.1897, died 5th November 1980, age-83. Also resting at Sandgate Cemetery. METHODIST 4-31. 32. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140975844

Mr. Hull’s name has been inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial, Adamstown Municipal District Roll of Honor and the Adamstown Mechanics' Institute Roll of Honour.

I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at William’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.

For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/

Lest We Forget.

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