HINCHMORE, Richard
| Service Number: | 2704 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia, 7 November 1884 |
| Home Town: | Ridgley, Burnie, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 19 August 1916, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Latrobe War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2704, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2704, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 10 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2704, 12th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Richard Hinchmore was the son of Mr. William and Louise Mary Hinchmore of Latrobe, Tasmania.
Richard Hinchmore enlisted in July 1915 with the 12th Battalion but just missed out on seeing any action at Gallipoli. He was killed in action during the very heavy fighting for Mouquet Farm during August 1916. According to his Red Cross Wounded and Missing file he was seen by a number of men to have been shot in the head while working his Lewis Gun and the fighting was of such an intensity there was no chance of him receiving a proper burial.
His brother, Albert Hinchmore was in New Zealand when the war started and enlisted with the 2nd Battalion Auckland Regiment, NZEF. Albert was also killed in action almost 12 months later on 1 August 1917, near Messines in Belgium. He too has no known grave.
Another brother, 1614 Private Arthur Hinchmore was an original member of the 15th Battalion, enlisting in 1914. He survived four years of war, being wounded on three occasions and returned to Australia during late 1918.