HUNGERFORD, Edmund
| Service Number: | 3868 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Nevrea, New South Wales, Australia, January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Piangil, Swan Hill, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engine Driver |
| Died: | Bendigo, Victiria, Australia, 13 June 1977, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 19 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3868, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3868, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3868, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 25 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3868, 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , SW left leg | |
| 15 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Nov 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Bullecourt (Second), 'On the morning of the 9th May 1917 while the 8th Battalion were bombing down the trench on the right of Bullecourt, France, the N.C.O. was ordered to try and put some rifle grenades into the German sector of the trench which was about 200 yards in front. | |
| 22 May 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Aug 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3868, 20th Infantry Battalion, MD illness |
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From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918
Sgt Edmond HUNGERFORD MM
Regimental Number: 3868
Unit name: 5th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Engine Driver
Address: Piangil, Vic.
Age of Enlistment: 22 years
Enlistment Date and Place: 9 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Next of Kin: Father, Edmund Thomas Hungerford, Piangil, Vic.
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Embarkation Details: Unit embarked from Melbourne, Vic., on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 23 November 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll: Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll: 5th Battalion
Campaigns Served: France
War Service/Promotions: Taken on Strength from Reinforcements at Serapeum, Egypt, 22 February 1916. Embarked per Briton from Alexandria, Egypt, 25 March 1916, disembarking at Marseilles, France, 30 March 1916. In France from 19 April 1916. Admitted to hospital with mumps 6 June 1916, France, then again with dental carries, at Arques, France, on 27 June 1916. Rejoined unit 27 June 1916. Wounded in action, France, 25 July 1916. Admitted with gunshot wound to leg, to 6th General Hospital, Rouen, France, on 27 July 1916, then transferred to Western General Hospital, Newport, England, on 30 July 1916. Discharged from hospital to No 2 Australian Com. Depot, Weymouth, Dorset, England, on 5 September 1916. Proceeded back to Etaples, France on 25 January 1917, and rejoined battalion on 7 February 1917. Appointed L/Cpl, 15 March 1917, France. Promoted Corporal 3 May 1917. Awarded Military Medal in France, 2 July 1917 (for bravery in action at Bullecourt, France, 9 May 1917). Back to England 26 July 1917 to attend Course of Instructions. Proceeded overseas to Le Havre, France 27 December 1917. Rejoined 5th Battalion from detachment to 2nd Training Battalion 1 January 1918. Appointed Lance Sergeant 22 May 1918. Promoted to Sergeant, 18 August 1918, Rouen, France. Returned to England on 1 September 1918 and admitted to University War Hospital, Southampton, Hampshire, England, with dysentery. Hospitalised in England until 12 December 1918, when he returned to Australia with dysentery.
Place of Wounding: Gunshot wound, leg, 25 July 1916, France.
Fate: Returned to Australia per RMS Karmala, 2 January 1919. He never married.
Place of Death: 13 June 1977, Bendigo, Vic.
Place of Burial: Nyah (Tyntydner North) Cemetery, Nyah West, Vic.
Medals/Citations: Military Medal; 1914/15 Star; British War Medal
Recommendation: 14 May 1917. Source: Commonwealth Gazette No. 189.Date: 8 November 1917. Awarded Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 8 November 1917. London Gazette: 18 July 1917.
Award Citation for Military Medal: 'Marked coolness and determination while in charge of Platoon, setting fine example and rendering valuable services'.
'On the morning of the 9th May 1917 while the 8th Battalion were bombing down the trench on the right of Bullecourt, France, the N.C.O. was ordered to try and put some rifle grenades into the German sector of the trench which was about 200 yards in front. This was done but the grenades fell short by about 80 yards. Corporal HUNGERFORD gathered a number of rifle grenades and in spite of German snipers, who were very active, advanced to a shell hole in No Mans Land. He then fired grenades into the German bombing party with great success. The Germans ceased bombing and started to bomb along their own trench, thinking no doubt that they were taken in rear. Cpl. HUNGERFORD was subsequently called upon to take charge of his platoon and in spite of a very heavy bombardment carried out his duties with marked coolness and determination and set a fine example to his platoon which had suffered severe casualties.'
Note: Brother Cpl James Hungerford 3867 5th Bn also awarded MM at Menin Rd, 20-22/9/1917
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