Frank Ernest HIBBERT

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HIBBERT, Frank Ernest

Service Number:	1084
Enlisted:	15 July 1915, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria. Frank was in the NAval Reserve and was called up shortly before the beginning of World War I.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Division Headquarters
Born:	Sorrento, Victoria, 1880
Home Town:	Sorrento, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fisherman
Memorials:	Sorrento St. John's Anglican Church Memorial Window, Sorrento War Memorial

World War 1 Service

15 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1084, 30th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria. Frank was in the NAval Reserve and was called up shortly before the beginning of World War I.
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1084, 30th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A72' Beltana from Sydney on 9th November 1915, disembarking Suez, Egypt on 11th December 1915.
11 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Division Headquarters
7 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1084, 5th Division Headquarters, Embarked on OC Transylvania from Alexandria, Egypt on 7th June 1916, disembarking at Marseilles, France on 26th June 1916 to join the British Expeditionary Forces.
15 Apr 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1084, 5th Division Headquarters, Embarked on HMAT 'A74' Marathon from England on 15th April 1918,
26 Jun 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1084, 5th Division Headquarters

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of George and Mary Sophia (nee Lyons) HIBBERT of Sorrento, Victoria. George Hibbert was the proprietor of the Lemonade Factory in Sorrento. Husband of May HIBBERT, and father of four children.

Brother of

706 Lance Corporal Albert George HIBBERT - 31st Infantry Battalion, killed in action 21st July 1916 France (born 1889) Husband of Mary (nee Chapman) HIBBERT, married in 1911
2850 Private Cecil Stanley Samuel HIBBERT - 7th Infantry Battalion, died of wounds 5th October 1917 Belgium (born 1893)
562 Private James Edmond HIBBERT - 24th Infantry Battalion, returned to Australia 20th May 1919 (born 1898)

Frank requested special leave to return to Australia as per the following

"Camp Commandant

I desire to apply for return to AUSTRALIA on the following grounds :-

Prior to the war I was a member of the Commonwealth Naval Reserve and was called up 3 days before the war. I served continuously on the "Countess of Hopetoun" on patrol work till July 1915 when I was chosen with a draft of 143 others for transfer to the A.I.F and left Australia on 9.11.15, and have been on active service since that date. I am now attached as a cook with 5th Aust. Divisional Headquarters. I am a married man and 42 years of age. I have 4 children, the eldest of whom is a girl aged 11 years. My only boy, now aged 5 years, has developed tuberculosis of the knee, and is now a permanent cripple after 10 months in Hospital. Two of my brothers have been killed and one wounded. My only other brother is a permanent cripple."

The request was strongly recommended by the Camp Commandant and granted.

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