Hurtle Lewis TILBROOK

Badge Number: S63799, Sub Branch: Tailem Bend
S63799

TILBROOK, Hurtle Lewis

Service Number: 3029
Enlisted: 14 June 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 12th Infantry Battalion
Born: Tailem Bend, South Australia, 11 December 1893
Home Town: Tailem Bend, Murray Bridge, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Stonemaason
Died: Tailem Bend, South Australia, 10 April 1981, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Tailem Bend and District Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

14 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3029, Enlisted at Keswick, South Australia
14 Sep 1915: Involvement Private, 3029, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
14 Sep 1915: Embarked Private, 3029, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Private, 3029, 12th Infantry Battalion
5 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3029, Discharged at 4 Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

9 November 1916 - Wounded  in action, severe wound left leg

13 May 1918 - Wounded in action, gassed

24 December 1918 - Returned to Australia on board Takada

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

24 April 1922 - Married Ella  May Rundle in the Methodist Church, West Mitcham

RSL Information

28 February 1930 - Joined Tailem bend Sub Branch

Badge 19974 lost

Address at time of death was 3 First AVenue, Tailem Bend SA

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