William Weston HEARNE DSO, MID*

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HEARNE, William Weston

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	20 August 1914
Last Rank:	Colonel
Last Unit:	2nd Field Ambulance
Born:	Bega, New South Wales, 7 February 1871
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Geelong College
Occupation:	Medical Practioner
Died:	Killed In Action, Belgium, 17 October 1917, aged 46 years
Cemetery:	The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium Plot X, Row C, Grave 20
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geelong College Anglo-South African War Memorial, Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour, Geelong St Giles Church Honor Roll (1), MCC Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918 - Melbourne Cricket Club, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Major, Officer, Australian Army Medical Corps (WW2)
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Major, 2nd Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Major, 2nd Field Ambulance, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
26 Jul 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel
9 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Colonel

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

NOTE: The second Given Name was incorrectly transcribed on the Embarkation Roll as DESTON. Evidence with the official Service Record confirms the second Given Name as WESTON. This is also consistent with the AWM Roll of Honour. This record has been amended to accord with the Service Record. RSL Virtual War Memorial Chief Moderator, June 2016.

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

William Weston HEARNE was born in Bega, New South Wales on 7th February 1871

His parents were William Goodall HEARNE & Amelia SYKES who married in Sydney in 1867

William married Alice May GRUBB in Victoria in 1904 - one son, William Beaumont Weston HEARNE (SN V1871) served in the Army in WW2 and was discharged in 1941

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

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