Joseph HIBBERT

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Service Number:	1712
Enlisted:	6 December 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	46th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bellarine, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Bellarine, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Bellarine, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 8 June 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Drysdale Bellarine Methodist Church Honor Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Portarlington War Memorial

6 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1712, 46th Infantry Battalion
4 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1712, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1712, 46th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
27 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1712, 46th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
11 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1712, 46th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First)
8 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1712, 46th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines

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