Hurtle George AGETT

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AGETT, Hurtle George

Service Number:	1623
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cockburn, South Australia, 11 December 1892
Home Town:	Cockburn, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	20 October 1964, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia Section: KO, Road: 23A, Site No: 50
Memorials:	Iron Knob WW1 Roll of Honour , Iron Knob War Memorial, Port Pirie Fathers of Sailors and Soldiers Association Port Pirie District Roll of Honor WW1

World War 1 Service

11 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1623, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
11 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1623, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide
Date unknown:	Wounded 1623, 48th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Westminster School

Hurtle George Agett, born and raised in Cockburn, South Australia. Agett was 23 years and 3 months old when he enlisted for service abroad. His trade in the War was a labourer. His mother was Mrs. Elizabeth Agett, and he was a natural born British subject. Agett was born on the 11th of December 1892, the school he attended is unknown at this time. His height was 5 feet 9 inches, he weighed 67 Kilograms, his chest measurement was 39 and a half inches. Agett had a fair complexion, green-grey eyes and brown hair. It was the 4th of March 1916 when he enlisted and he embarked on the 11th of April 1916. He was not married and had a brother who was a 5th pioneer and died of wounds on the 9th of March 1917. As a labourer Private Agett carried messages all day from his company to his Battalion head-quarters, he was very reliable and got a letter of recommendation on the 4th of October 1917. Agett returned from war to Australia on the 2nd of January 1919, leaving his date and place of death unavailable; however his cemetery details are, section: KO, road: 23A, site No: 50.

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