Frederick Joseph HACK

HACK, Frederick Joseph

Service Number: 1804
Enlisted: 15 June 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 26th Infantry Battalion
Born: Gretna, Tasmania, Australia, 1892
Home Town: Gretna, Central Highlands, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Hastings, Victoria, Australia, 4 July 1968, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Flinders Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials: Bushy Park Upper Derwent Roll of Honour, Fingal Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

15 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1804, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
17 Jul 1915: Involvement Private, 1804, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1915: Embarked Private, 1804, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
14 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1804, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Joseph Hack and Louisa Sarah Hack nee Stock of MacQuarie Plains, NSW

Brother of William Frederick Hack, Henry (Harry) Alfred Hack who was killed in action while serving with the 12th Battalionnd has no known grave. His name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Robert Cecil Hack who returned to Australia on 10 April 1919 having served with the 26th Battalion, Albert Ernest Hack DCM who returned to Australia on 8 April 1919 having served with the 26th Battalion, Ida Eva Hack, Louisa Maud Hack, Muriel Olive Hack, Agnes Annie Hack, Mathew John Hack, Myrtle Miriam  Hack, Stanley George Hack, Mary Victoria Sara Hack, Clarence Rupert Hack, Mary Victoria Sarah Hack and Joseph Edward Hack

Commenced return to Australia on 28 March 1919 aboard HT Port MacQuarie disembarking on 16 May 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Tasmania

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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