HINGST, August William
| Service Number: | 679 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 January 1917, 12th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Laidley, Queensland, Australia, 29 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Laidley North State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 12 August 1918, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War, Ipswich Western Suburbs War Memorial, Pingelly Memorial Arbour Walk, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 679, 12th Machine Gun Company, 12th Reinforcements | |
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| 21 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 679, 12th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 679, 12th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne | |
| 9 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 42nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 12 Aug 1918: | Involvement Private, 679, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 679 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
August was the eighth of nine children of Carl (Charlie) August Wilhelm Hingst (born 1862 in Germany) and Augusta Wilhelmina Luisa Loose (born 1862 in Germany). Charlie was eleven years of age when his family arrived in Maryborough, QLD on board the Alardus, and Augusta was twenty one years of age when she immigrated with her family, arriving on board the Roma. Charlie - a Farmer - and Augusta married in 1883 in Laidley, QLD. Charlie died in 1900 and Augusta remarried.
August was a Labourer in Ipswich, QLD when he enlisted in the AIF in January 1917 - he had served with the Citizens' Military Forces (11th Infantry Ipswich) and was a Member of the Redbank Rifle Club. August made a Statutory Declaration regarding his German heritage at Frasers Camp Hill at Enoggera in Brisbane, QLD. He had three tattoos - the Australian Coat of Arms, the British insignia surrounded by the word 'Brittania' and his name 'A W Hingst'. August served as a Private (Service No:679) with 47th and 42nd Infantry Battalions and was with 3rd Machine Gun Battalion when he was KiA at Rouelles, France. Younger brother Frank (Trooper, Service No:3060) also served in WWI, and in WWII with the ACMF. Brother Charles Henry (Private; Service No:Q141033) was in the CMF in WWII.
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