LORD, Hector Edward
| Service Number: | 84 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, An original of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | New Town, Tasmania, Australia, 22 August 1894 |
| Home Town: | New Town, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Chuignolles, France, 25 August 1918, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 84, 12th Infantry Battalion, An original of A Company | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 84, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 84, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart | |
| 25 Aug 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 84, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 84 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-25 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His brother 1262 Pte Robert Stanley Lord 15th Battalion AIF was killed in action near Hill 971 at Gallipoli 8 August 1915.
Hector was born in August 1894 and was a 20-year-old labourer when he joined the 12th Battalion in August 1914. He was over 6 feet 1 inch in height.
Hector served at Anzac and was wounded a week after Robert’s death but survived the Gallipoli campaign. He was promoted to corporal in 1916 but reverted to private after being found guilty of carelessly injuring his hand.
Hector was recommended for an award at Pozieres when he led a bombing party through German trenches at Mouquet Farm, throwing bombs into dugouts, killing 20 of the enemy and capturing a machine gun. Nothing was awarded.
Hector was killed in action near Chuignolles, France, on 25 August 1918, aged 24, when he used his body to cover an exploding bomb, an incident which is fully described in the unit history of the 12th Battalion. He has no known grave.
Hector died just a few days short of 4 years to the day he enlisted, having survived the whole of the Gallipoli campaign in which he lost his brother, and was recommended for bravery at Pozieres, and then gave his life in order to save his comrades from further injury.
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