HALLETT, Donald
| Service Number: | 3800 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bexley, Kent, England, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Ticket writer in Australia |
| Died: | Illness, Pneumonia at Etaples Military Hospital, France." [Details from Father.]France, 5 November 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery INSCRIPTION RESTING IN DIVINE LOVE Grave XXX. K. 2., Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3800, 13th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3800, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 5 Nov 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 3800, 13th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3800 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-11-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Dec 1887 Hallett Donald Dartford 2a 455.
Age on arrival in Australia-21
Address-108 Jersey Road, Paddington, New South Wales.
Enlistment date
19 August 1915- Enlisted Holsworthy, New South Wales.
Enlistment date-19 August 1915- Enlisted Holsworthy, New South Wales.
Rank on enlistment-Private
Unit name-13th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
Age at embarkation-27
AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/30/3
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll-Lance Corporal
"He volunteered in Sydney for service with the Australian Forces leaving his only sister in Sydney . He was wounded at Pozieres, Somme, France in 1916 and died of Pneumonia at Etaples Military Hospital, France." [Details from Father.]
He was 30 and the son of Charles Bernard and Emma [Clara?} Hallett, of 45, York Rd., Hove, Sussex, England.
Honoured on the Bexley Roll of Honour.