SERGEANT, Hector Thomas
| Other Name: | Serjeant, Hector Thomas Sears - Birth Records |
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| Service Number: | 2300 |
| Enlisted: | 16 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Middle Park State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Machinist / Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kew War Memorial, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2300, Depot Battalion , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2300, Depot Battalion | |
| 17 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2300, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 24 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2300, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Hector’s father had died during 1895 when he was 2 years of age. His mother Rosetta Marie Kathleen Cox was born in 1863 in Melbourne, Victoria. She married Charles William Serjeant and they had four children together. She then married William Dalton and they had six children together.
Two of her sons, one from each marriage died during WW1.
Hector enlisted with the 8th Battalion and served on Gallipoli for about 5 months. He was transferred to the 60th Battalion during the reorganisation of the AIF during early 1916. He was one of the many from the unit who simply went missing in front of the Sugarloaf during the Battle of Fromelles. He was found to killed in action 19 July 1916 by a Court of Enquiry held during August 1917.
His younger half-brother, (same mother) 4531 Pte. Alexander Reginald Dalton 46th Battalion AIF was later killed in action 1 April 1918, aged 19.
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