Jack (Froggy) HINKELBEIN MM

HINKELBEIN, Jack

Service Number: 230
Enlisted: 20 March 1916, Armidale, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 33rd Infantry Battalion
Born: West Tamworth, New South Wales, 20 July 1897
Home Town: Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carter
Died: Natural causes (cancer), Tamworth, New South Wales, 4 August 1972, aged 75 years
Cemetery: Tamworth Lincoln Grove Memorial Gardens and Crematorium
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World War 1 Service

20 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 230, Armidale, New South Wales
13 May 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 230, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
13 May 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 230, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
12 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 230, 36th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele
5 Apr 1918: Honoured Military Medal, Villers-Bretonneux
30 Apr 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 33rd Infantry Battalion
12 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 230, 33rd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by David Edgecock

Jack was a ganger on the railway in world war 2 when they found out that he was gassed in ww1 they discharged him.