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HURST, William MacLeod
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1614 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 7th Field Artillery Battery |
| Born: | East Brisbane, Queensland, Australia , 2 January 1895 |
| Home Town: | East Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Normal School, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot I, Row I, Grave 6, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Brisbane War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1914: | Involvement Gunner, 1614, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Rangatira embarkation_ship_number: A22 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Sep 1914: | Embarked Gunner, 1614, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Rangatira, Brisbane | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 1614, 7th Field Artillery Battery, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William and Ellen Jane Hurst, of "Newington," Gresham St., East Brisbane, Queensland.