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HAYTER, Herbert
| Service Number: | 2092 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 July 1916, at Adelaide. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Semaphore, South Australia, Australia, May 1880 |
| Home Town: | Semaphore, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engine driver |
| Died: | Springbank, South Australia (now Panorama), 13 October 1947, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia Section: KO, Road: 4, Site No: 17 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2092, 43rd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide. | |
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| 28 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2092, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| 28 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2092, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 40th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2092, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2092, 43rd Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 2092, 40th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by St Aloysius College
Herbert Hayter was born in 1890 in North Adelaide and enlisted in the First World War at Semaphore on the 27th of July 1916. He was 36, married to Clara Hayter, and had a younger brother named Charlie Hayter and a daughter named Emma. Herbert was five foot two, weighed 146lbs, had blue eyes, dark hair and a medium complexion. This was his second attempt; he had previously been in the 43rd Battalion for 80 days before being discharged as medically unfit.
Herbert Hayter embarked on the HMAT Anchises A68 on the 28th of August 1916 as part of the 43rd Infantry Battalion. The ship arrived in England on the 12th of October 1916. A month later, on the 13th of November 1916, Herbert transferred to the 40th Battalion in Larkhill, England. Together with his unit, he crossed the Channel to France shortly before Christmas 1916. Throughout the First World War, he suffered with severe arthritis and was frequently in hospital, mainly during 1917. The most common hospital he was treated at was the Regent’s Park Hospital in London as he had severe rheumatism.
On the 8th of June, Herbert’s only daughter Emma passed away. His wife Clara had written to the Red Cross asking for them to pass on this information to Herbert, however he was discharged from the hospital 2 days prior to the passing of his daughter, which meant this information was delayed.
On the 27th of March 1917, Herbert embarked on the HMS St Andrew and travelled to Boulogne, France. He then switched between the 40th and 43rd Battalions throughout the war. Over the course of 1917, Herbert had been suffering with sickness and arthritis. He was an engine driver during the war which meant the machinery was hard on his legs and caused his arthritis to progressively get worse, although he was also admitted to hospital on the 18th of March 1917 for septic sores, 19th of March 1917 for scabies and again for septic sores on the 20th of March, rejoining his unit in France on 17th July. He was transferred back to the 43rd Battalion on 2nd September 1917 and fought with them at Broodseinde and Passchendaele. He was detached to school on late December and returned to the unit in February 1918.
Herbert was sent home to Australia for medical discharge on the 23rd of September 1918. He was discharged from the AIF on the 8th of February 1919.
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