Thomas William HINCHLIFFE

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HINCHLIFFE, Thomas William

Service Number:	5095
Enlisted:	11 January 1916, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bagshot, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Gunbower, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 27 November 1916
Cemetery:	Quarry Cemetery, Montauban Plot VI, Row E, Grave 4,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gunbower Anglican Church Roll of Honor, Loyal Echuca Lodge M.U.I.O.O.F. No. 5349 Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

11 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5095, 7th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5095, 7th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A23' Suffolk from Melbourne on 1st April 1916, disembarking Suez, Egypt on 12th May 1916. Embarked on HT Ivernia from Alexandria, Egypt on 21st June 1916 disembarking at Marseilles, France on 30th June 1916.
24 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion
22 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion
26 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion
27 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5095, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5095 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-27

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Biography

"...5095 Private Thomas William Hinchliffe, 7th Battalion who was a 23 year old labourer from Piccaninny Creek via Gunbower, Victoria, when he enlisted and embarked for overseas with the 16th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 1 April 1916 aboard HMAT Suffolk. He joined the 57th Battalion in France on 22 July 1916, was wounded in action on 26 November 1916 and died of wounds the next day. Private Hinchliffe is buried in the Quarry Cemetery, Moutauban, 10 kilometres east of Albert, France..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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