HARVEY, Hurtle Ralph
| Service Number: | 3347 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Prospect Hill, South Australia, Australia, 30 July 1896 |
| Home Town: | Kadina, Copper Coast, South Australia |
| Schooling: | State School, South Australia, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Noreuil, France, 2 April 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Noreuil Australian Cemetery, Picardie Special Memorial B. 7. Inscription: THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cowell Men from Franklin Harbour WW1 Roll of Honour, Cowell War Memorial, Kadina & District WW1 Roll of Honor, Kadina War Memorial Arch, Meadows War Memorial, Prospect Hill Methodist Church Great War Roll of Honor, Prospect Hill War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3347, Depot Battalion (AIF), Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3347, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3347, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 29 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 3rd Training Battalion | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3347, 50th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Arcadian" | |
| 12 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3347, 50th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
| 15 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3347, 50th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- 4th Australian Casualty Clearing Station -- Sprained Ankle -- France | |
| 15 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3347, 50th Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- 4th Australian Field Ambulance -- Sprained Ankle -- France | |
| 18 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3347, 50th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- 9th General Hospital -- Sprained Ankle, Rouen, France | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3347, 50th Infantry Battalion, Discharged to Base -- 9th General Hospital -- Rouen, France | |
| 11 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3347, 4th Australian Divisional Base Depot (AIF), From -- Hospital -- Etaples, France | |
| 6 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3347, 50th Infantry Battalion, Rejoined Unit -- Albert, France | |
| 16 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3347, 50th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, 50th Bn releaves 51st Bn in the front line -- Bernafay, France | |
| 2 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3347, 50th Infantry Battalion, Noreuil, Killed In Action -- in the area of Noreuil, France | |
| 2 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3347, 50th Infantry Battalion, Noreuil, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3347 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cowell RSL
Hurtle Ralph Harvey was born in Prospect Hill, South Australia in 1896 to James and Martha Harvey. Two of his five brothers, Walter and Ernest also served. He was educated at the local state school and on completion he became a farmer.
Hurtle enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on the 28th of July 1915 and was taken on strength into the 50th Infantry Battalion. On 27th October he embarked along with his brother Herb who was also posted to the 50th Infantry Battalion, from Adelaide on the HMAT Benalla bound for Alexandria, Egypt for further training and active duty posting.
After a short period in Alexandria, Private Harvey was transferred to the fighting in France.
In France July 1916 he injured his ankle and spent a month in hospital at Rouen before rejoining his unit.
Early in 1917, the 50th Battalion participated in the advance that followed the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line and attacked at Noreuil on 2 April. It was on this day that Private Hurtle Harvey at the age of 20, was tragically killed in action while fighting in the field. He was buried at the Noreuil Australian Cemetery, Picardie.
His brother, Private Ernest Herbert Harvey, a well-known farmer of Franklin Harbour was killed in action on the 16th of August 1916. ‘Herb’ was buried at Serre Road Cemetery France. Another brother, Walter, who also served at the Front, survived the war and returned to Australia.
Both brothers were remembered in The Advertiser (Tues 14 Aug 1917) inserted by their sister and brother-in-law
L & W Bignell.
“In loving memory of our dear brothers, Private Herb, killed in action August 16th, 1916; also Hurtle, killed April 2nd, 1917.
- Somewhere in France they are laid to rest,
Their life's work truly done,
A sacrifice for liberty
Ere life had scarce begun.”
References (links to the side)
WW1 Service Record: National Archives Australia
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
TROVE: National Libraray of Australia
Virtual War Memorial Australia
WW1 Full Biographies – Cowell RSL. Stocker, B.
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