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FIRNS, Hobart Douglas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 110 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Jarrahdale, Western Australia, June 1895 |
| Home Town: | Mundijong, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Buckingham Siding, Serpentine and Mundijong Schools and Perth Modern School, Western Australia (1911) |
| Occupation: | Mill Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 29 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Mundijong Honour Roll, Mundijong School Roll of Honour, Serpentine WWI Roll of Honour, Subiaco Perth Modern School WW1Honour Board, Subiaco Perth Modern School War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 110, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' | |
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| 8 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 110, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Fremantle | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 110, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 110 awm_unit: 10 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-29 | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Posthumous MID “For gallantry during attack on Turkish Trenches on Kaiajik Aghala.” (Hill 60) |
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