HUTCHINS, William Harold
| Service Number: | 3065 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Prospect, South Australia, 18 March 1885 |
| Home Town: | Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Seaman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 7 August 1916, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Peterhead Glanville School Roll of Honor, Port Adelaide St Paul's Church Memorial Alcove, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 21 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3065, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3065, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Star of England, Adelaide | |
| 7 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3065, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3065 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-07 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 3065, 48th Infantry Battalion |
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"LATE PTE. W. H. HUTCHINS.
Mrs. Hutchins, of Mellor road, Glanville, has learned that her husband, Pte. W. H. Hutchins, was killed in action in France on August 7. He was well known at Port Adelaide, where for many years he was employed at the Colonial Sugar Refinery, and elsewhere. Just prior to enlisting he was engaged by Messrs. Walter and Morris in the timber trade. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Hutchins, Hart street, Glanville. He left Australia on September 21, 1915, and served on Gallipoli. He was killed on the day that his brother-in-law, Pte. A. C. O. Moldes, was wounded. He was 31 years of age in March. He has left a widow and two children." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 21 Oct 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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