Hubert LANSDOWN

Hubert LANSDOWN Update Details

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Service Number:	6286
Enlisted:	29 March 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Almondsbury, Gloucestershire, England, 1879
Home Town:	Grass Valley, Northam, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fettler (WA Railways)
Died:	Illness, No 8 Australian General Hospital, Fremantle, Western Australia, 22 May 1920
Cemetery:	Albany Public Cemetery (Old), Western Australia Church of England section, Grave 873
Memorials:	Albany War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Northam Fallen

29 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6286, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth, WA
13 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6286, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6286, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle
11 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6286, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Gunshot wound to the thigh. Evacuated to England on 24 April 1917
10 Jun 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6286, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharge at the 5th Military District

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Son of Henry and Bella Lansdown; Husband of Florence Augusta Louisa Jones (previously Lansdown) of Bristol, England.

Defacto husband of Ivy May Lansdown, later known as Ivy May Davies (Balaam). Father of ex-nuptial son Harry Lansdown

5 April 1918 - returned to Australia

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal