KILPATRICK, Harold Hungerford
| Service Number: | 5060 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Colombo, Ceylon, February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Watsons Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Junior field assistant |
| Died: | Berowra, New South Wales, Australia, 13 August 1967, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 29 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5060, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 5060, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 5060, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
| 21 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 14 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5060, 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery, 1st Passchendaele, GSW to back | |
| 21 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5060, 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
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From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918
KILPATRICK, Harold Hungerford
Regimental Number: 5060
Unit Name: 18th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Junior Field Assistant
Address: Salisbury Road, Watsons Bay, Sydney, NSW
Age of Enlistment: 23 years
Enlistment Date and Place: 29 December 1915, RAS Ground, Sydney, NSW
Next of Kin: Wife, Vera Gertrude Kilpatrick, Salisbury Road, Watsons Bay, NSW
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Embarkation Details: Unit embarked from Sydney, NSW, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra, on 5 June 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll: Private
Unit from Nominal Roll: 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Campaigns Served: Western Front
War Service/Promotions: Disembarked at Plymouth, Devon, England, 3 August 1916 and admitted to 4th Southern General Hospital, Plymouth, with mumps. On 21 November 1916 he proceeded overseas to France via Southampton, Hampshire, England. On 21 August 1917 he was detached for duty with 9 Light Horse Trench Mortar Battalion. Then on 30 August 1917 he was Taken on Strength for this unit. He was wounded in action 12 October 1917, and the next day admitted to the 3rd Field Ambulance with a severe gunshot wound to the back. He was then transferred on 14 October to the 7th Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, France, and transferred back to England on 21 October and admitted to Middlesex War Hospital, Napsbury. He was granted furlough on 23 November 1917 and reported back to No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, Wiltshire, England, on 7 December 1917. On 2 February 1918 he was marched in to Overseas Training Brigade. He proceeded overseas to France on 14 April 1918, Admitted to 10th Field Ambulance on 27 May 1918, transferred to the 1st Canadian Hospital on 2 June 1918, embarked to England and admitted to Bailey War Hospital, England on 27 June 1918. Discharged 12 July 1918, and then readmitted to Group Clearing Hospital with gastritis. Transferred to Military Hospital, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England on 22 October 1918 with inflammation of the knee joint. Discharged 7 November 1918 and embarked on 11 December 1918 for return to Australia. He was discharged from the AIF at Sydney, being declared medically unfit.
Place of Wounding: Gunshot wound, back, severe, 12 October 1917, Western Front.
Fate: Returned to Australia per Saxon, 11 December 1918. He married Vera Gertrude Huntley, 16 December 1915, St Barnabas Church of England, George Street West, Sydney, NSW. They divorced.
Place of Death: 13 August 1967, Berowra, NSW.
Place of Burial: His ashes are in the Holy Trinity Columbarium, Merriwa, NSW
Medals/Citations: British War Medal; Victory Medal
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