HUNGERFORD, Sydney Gordon
| Service Number: | 1085 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Warwick, Queensland, Australia, July 1889 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Letter carrier |
| Died: | 27/10/1966, Nambour, Queensland, Australia, 27 October 1966, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Nambour Garden Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: | Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1085, 42nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 1085, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 1085, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 8 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 42nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 42nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1085, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Gassed | |
| 26 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1085, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Gassed | |
| 1 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1085, 42nd Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", gunshot wound to neck | |
| 23 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1085, 42nd Infantry Battalion |
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From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918
Cpl Sydney Gordon Reid HUNGERFORD,
Regimental Number: 1085
Unit Name: 42nd Battalion, B Company
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Letter Carrier
Address: Toowoomba, Qld
Age of Enlistment: 26 years and 6 months
Enlistment Date and Place: 22 January 1916, Toowoomba, Qld
Next of Kin: Father, John George Hungerford, Ruthven Street, Toowoomba, Qld
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Place of Enlistment: Toowoomba, Qld
Embarkation Details: Unit embarked from Sydney, NSW, on board HMAT A30 Borda, on 5 June 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll: Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll: 42nd Battalion
Campaigns Served: France
War Service/Promotions: Disembarked Southampton, England, 23 July 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 25 November 1916. Appointed Lieutenant Corporal, 8 October 1917, France. Promoted to Temporary Corporal on 24 October 1917 and then to Corporal, 31 October 1917. Wounded in action, gassed, (1st occurrence) 24 April 1918, France. Admitted to L. of C. Hospital, France, 26 April 1918, and discharged back to Base Depot on 28 April 1918. Wounded in action, gassed, (2nd occurrence), France on 26 May 1918, and discharged back to unit on 21 June 1918. Wounded in action, (3rd occurrence), 1 September 1918, France, with a gunshot wound to neck. Invalided to hospital, 3 September 1918. Invalided to England and admitted to Lord Derby War Hospital, Warrington, England, on 4 September 1918.
Fate: Returned invalided to Australia per HT Orontes, 20 December 1918, disembarking 1 February 1919. He married Rose Lillian Hampson, 24 March 1919, Toowoomba, Qld.
Place of Wounding: (1) Gassed, 24 April 1918, France. (2) Gassed, 26 May 1918, France. (3) Gunshot wound, neck, 1 September 1918.
Place of Death: 27 October 1966, Nambour, Qld
Place of Burial: Nambour Garden Lawn Cemetery, Nambour, Qld, in an unmarked grave.
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