HITCHINS, Horace John
| Service Number: | 2361 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 26 November 1889 |
| Home Town: | Stroud, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Assistant Surveyor |
| Died: | Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 5 January 1965, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 3-88. 37. |
| Memorials: | Stroud Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2361, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2361, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2361, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 13 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2361, 30th Infantry Battalion, MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
From Gary Mitchell
A Forgotten Digger of The Great War and Sandgate Cemetery.
55 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 5th January 1965, Private Horace John Hitchins, 30th Battalion, assistant surveyor of Alderley Lane, Stroud, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 75. CATHOLIC 3-88. 37.
Born at Macksville, New South Wales on the 26th November 1889 (as HITCHENS) to Edward and Rachel Hitchins, Horace enlisted September 1915 West Maitland, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 14.4.1916 (mumps), Horace returned home July 1919.
His name has been inscribed on the Stroud War Memorial and the Stroud Cenotaph.
Mr Hitchins had been resting in an unmarked grave, forgotten, so I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite January 2019, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=428444#grave-photo-1
Older brother Edward Joseph (Reg No-88, 56th Battalion, born 1887, died 1964, Balmain, N.S.W.) also served 1st A.I.F.
Lest We Forget.
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