Frederick William (Fred) HINTON

HINTON, Frederick William

Service Number: 771
Enlisted: 26 December 1914, Enlisted at Kingaroy, Queensland.
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born: East Claydon, Buckinghamshire, England, 11 May 1881
Home Town: Maidenwell, South Burnett, Queensland
Schooling: Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Natural Causes (Asleep), Maidenwell, Queensland, Australia, 3 January 1939, aged 57 years
Cemetery: Nanango Cemetery, South Burnett - Queensland
Grave No: B187
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World War 1 Service

26 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 771, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Kingaroy, Queensland.
9 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 771, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itria embarkation_ship_number: A53 public_note: ''
9 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 771, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Itria, Brisbane
29 Jul 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 771, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Landed on Gallipoli as reinforcements for 5th Light Horse regiment. Left Gallipoli on the second last night on Hospital Ship "Beltana" for Alexandria.
24 Jul 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Served in 2nd Light Horse Brigade, Machine Gun Squadron in the Middle East conflicts.
28 Dec 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 771, Return to Australia from Southampton, departed 06 Oct 1919 on "Pakeha", for Discharge from AIF on 28 Dec 1919 in Brisbane.

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