William HOVENDEN

HOVENDEN, William

    Service Number: 1539
    Enlisted: 21 December 1914
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 25th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Petersham, New South Wales, date not yet discovered
    Home Town: Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Stockman and horse-driver
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli Peninsula, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 10 November 1915, age not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli.Turkey
    He is commemorated by Special Memorial in B.34 as it is believed that he is buried here. INSCRIPTION ROCK OF AGES CLEFT FOR ME LET ME HIDE MYSELF IN THEE , Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burwood Memorial Arch, Camooweal Barclay Tablelands WW1 Roll of Honor, Mount Isa War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    21 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1539, 25th Infantry Battalion
    10 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    He was 28 and a son  of Robert and Teresa Elizabeth Hovenden, of Sherwood Rd., Merrylands, New South Wales, later of "Will-Fred," Cross St., South Strathfield, New South Wales.

    His brother, Private Frederick Hovenden, aged 30 also fell. He was killed in France on 14th April 1918 and rests in Grave No. I. A. 26. at Ebblinghem Military Cemetery.

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