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HINCKSMAN, Percy Cyril
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 68 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 October 1914, Liverpool |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia, 15 November 1891 |
| Home Town: | Queanbeyan, Queanbeyan, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Compositor |
| Died: | Natural causes, Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 16 July 1962, aged 70 years |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Cremated |
| Memorials: | Queanbeyan Public School Great War Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 1 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 68, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Liverpool | |
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| 19 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 68, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 68, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ajana, Sydney | |
| 5 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 68, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 13 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 68, 26th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, Shell wound left leg | |
| 21 Jun 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 23 Dec 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 68, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HT Argyllshire, Suez for return to Australia (1914 leave) - arriving Sydney 8 February 1919, then into quarantine | |
| 19 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 68, 7th Light Horse Regiment |
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