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VINCENT, Hubert Henry James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 920 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 January 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Shere, Surrey England, 1 July 1893 |
| Home Town: | Bayswater, Bayswater, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shunter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. Panel 27 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bayswater War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 920, 44th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 920, 44th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 920, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 920, 44th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 920 awm_unit: 44th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles Vincent of Church Cottage, Shore, Surrey, England
Address at the time of enlistment was given as Garnett Road, Bayswater, WA.
Husband of Myrtle Ivy Vincent nee Collier of Beaufort Street, Mount Lawley, WA. Hubert and Myrtle married in Perth, WA during 1916c.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal