HYDE, Harold
| Service Number: | 5253 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 November 1914, Queenscliff, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Queenscliff, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia, 2 October 1941, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Queenscliff Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5253, Field Bakeries and Butcheries, Queenscliff, Vic. | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 5253, Field Bakeries and Butcheries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 5253, Field Bakeries and Butcheries, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 21 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Field Bakery and Butchery, France. Reverted to ranks 16 October 1916 after being drunk on active service. | |
| 5 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 66th Infantry Battalion, England | |
| 22 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Infantry Battalion, Belgium | |
| 9 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5253, 6th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens | |
| 10 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5253, 6th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, GSW to right hip/thigh sustained during the action at Lihons, France, resulting in the amputation of his right leg. | |
| 26 Oct 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, The Battle of Amiens, For conspicuous gallantry on the 9th day of August 1918 at LIHONS. | |
| 10 Aug 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5253, 6th Infantry Battalion, RTA 19 April 1919 and discharged as medically unfit (amputated right leg). |
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Military Medal citation:
'For conspicuous gallantry on the 9th day of August 1918 at LIHONS. During the attack this soldier and a Sergeant, after locating an anti-tank battery which was greatly hindering the advancing troops, crawled forward a distance of two hundred yards, and in the face of heavy Machine Gun and rifle fire succeeded in rushing and capturing the battery and killing the eight German gunners. Later in the day, with one other rank he went foward and captured a hostile Machine Gun together with the crew of three men. He greatly inspired the men around him by his bravery and coolness. During a further advance next day this gallant soldier was badly wounded.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 109
Date: 15 September 1919
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