HACK, Robert
| Service Number: | 1803 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 June 1915, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Macquarie Plains, Tasmania, Australia, 24 September 1889 |
| Home Town: | Macquarie Plains, Derwent Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Longford, Tasmania, Australia, 1 January 1968, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Longford General Cemetery (Lawn Cemetery), Tasmania, Australia Row AB, Grave 16. Interred on 3 Janary 1968 |
| Memorials: | Bushy Park Gretna State School Roll of Honour, Bushy Park Upper Derwent Roll of Honour, Fingal Roll of Honour, Tasmania (Launceston) Garden of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1803, 26th Infantry Battalion, Hobart, Tasmania | |
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| 17 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 1803, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 1803, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 3 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1803, 26th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right buttock. Invalided to England on 17 November 1916 aboard Dieppe | |
| 12 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1803, 26th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Remained on duty | |
| 2 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Jan 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 14 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1803, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Joseph Hack and Louisa Sarah Hack nee Stock of MacQuarie Plains, NSW.
Brother of William Frederick Hack, Henry (Harry) Alfred Hack who was killed in action while serving with the 12th Battalionnd has no known grave. His name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Albert Ernest Hack DCM who returned to Australia on 8 April 1919 having served with the 26th Battalion, Frederick Joseph Hack who returned to Australia on 16 May 1919 having served with the 26th Battalion, Ida Eva Hack, Louisa Maud Hack, Muriel Olive Hack, Agnes Annie Hack, Mathew John Hack, Myrtle Miriam Hack, Stanley George Hack, Mary Victoria Sara Hack, Clarence Rupert Hack, Mary Victoria Sarah Hack and Joseph Edward Hack
Commenced return to Australia on 10 April 1919 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 31 May 1919 in Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Husband of Alice Myrtle Hack nee White of Tasmania
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