John Bertie HAMBIDGE

HAMBIDGE, John Bertie

    Service Number: 2664
    Enlisted: 24 October 1914, Place of enlistment - Morphettville, South Australia
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
    Born: Yeovil, Somerset England, 1877
    Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Mason
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 14 August 1916
    Cemetery: Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys
    Plot I, Row D, Grave 6, Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys, Nord Pas de Calais, France
    Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2664, Place of enlistment - Morphettville, South Australia
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2664, 1st Depot Unit of Supply, 11th Army Service Corps, Embarked on HMAT 'A35' Berrima from Melbourne on 22nd December 1914, disembarking Alexandria, Egypt on 1st February 1915.
    4 Apr 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2664, 1st Depot Unit of Supply, 11th Army Service Corps, Embarked for Gallipoli from Alexandria on 4th April 1915.
    26 Sep 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2664, 1st Depot Unit of Supply, 11th Army Service Corps,
  • 26th September 1915 - admitted to 13th Casualty Clearing Station with Dysentery and transferred to Hospital Ship Gascon
  • 27th September 1915 - transferred to hospital at Mudros
  • 8th October 1915 - transferred to General Hospital at Gibraltar
  • 25th October 1915 - embarked for England on SS Ballarat
  • 31st October 1915 - admitted to 2nd Southern General Hospital, Southmead Bristol
  • 29th December 1915 - discharged to Weymouth depot for return to unit
  • 15th January 1916 - disembarked Alexandria, Egypt and rejoined unit
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    20 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion
    26 Mar 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2664, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Embarked from Alexandria, Egypt on 26th March 1916, disembarking Marseilles on 2nd April 1916 to join British Expeditionary Force.
    1 Jul 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Pioneer Battalion
    3 Jul 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
    14 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2664, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2664 awm_unit: Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-14

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    Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

    Son of John Henry and Thirza Teresa HAMBIDGE; husband of Maud HAMBIDGE, of 19 Ashton Street, Old Swan, Liverpool, England. Native of Yeovil, England.

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