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RILEY, Hubert James
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 5684, V15826 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 May 1916, Enlisted with the 21st battalion / 15th reinforcements – 13.5.16 – AIF. Ballarat |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | POW & Internment Camps - Victoria |
| Born: | Edenhope, Victoria, Australia, 7 May 1888 |
| Home Town: | Edenhope, West Wimmera, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, 22 June 1975, aged 87 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation- 25 Jun 1975 |
| Memorials: | Edenhope War Memorial, Kowree Shire Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 5684, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted with the 21st battalion / 15th reinforcements – 13.5.16 – AIF. Ballarat | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5684, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5684, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5684, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5684, 21st Infantry Battalion, Embarked HMAT Shropshire 25.9.1916, disembarked Plymouth, England 11.11.1916. Embarked Princess Henrietta, Folkstone to France. Taken on strength, Western front. | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5684, 21st Infantry Battalion, 4.10.1917 - Gunshot wound chest – casualty in the field - admitted to no. 18 general hospital, Camiers, France | |
| 9 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5684, 21st Infantry Battalion, 9.4.1918 – gunshot wound to left arm - casualty in the field-admitted to no. 3 general hospital, Le Tréport – then on the 19.4.1918 travelled on the Guilford castle hospital ship and admitted to the Norfolk war hospital, England. | |
| 24 Jun 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 21st Infantry Battalion, Promoted to T. Corporal - Army Ordnance Corps |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V15826 | |
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| 10 Jun 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V15826, POW & Internment Camps - Victoria, posted at the Murchison Camp and also at TATURA 19 POW camp | |
| 3 Nov 1944: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, POW & Internment Camps - Victoria, Promoted to corporal - Australian Military Forces (Army WW2) POW & Interment Camps – Victoria |
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