HULLS, Alfred Henry
| Service Number: | 860 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1869 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Prospector |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 29 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Leonora Honour Roll, Leonora Road Board District Roll of Honor, Leonora War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 860, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 860, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 860, 28th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 3 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, France | |
| 29 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 860, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 860 awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
860 Private Alfred Henry Hulls 28th Battalion and later the 2nd Pioneer Battalion was born on in May 1869, in Victoria, and had just turned 47 years old when he died on 29 July 1916, in France, at Pozieres. He married Hannah Mabel Brown in 1888. They had two children during their marriage.
Their son, 6/903 Private Alfred Henry Hulls 1st Battalion Canterbury Regiment NZEF was killed in action 27 December 1917 age 27. Listed on the Commemorative Roll.
Prior to enlisting in the army Alfred was working in the West Australian Goldfields and before leaving for overseas he buried two watches, a fob chain, an 1898 football medallion and a locket engraved “A. Hulls” in a tin beside the railway line 130 km north of Kalgoorlie. The tin was discovered by gold prospector Chris Deavin in 2005 and the items were returned to his descendants
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