WORTH, Hector Clayton
Service Number: | 6155 |
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Enlisted: | 15 August 1916, Sydney |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Wellington, New Zealand, June 1897 |
Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Woollahra Superior Public School |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
15 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6155, 17th Infantry Battalion, Sydney | |
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25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6155, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6155, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Hector Clayton WORTH was born in 1897 in Wellington, New Zealand
His parents were Harold Vendale WORTH and Rosena Jemima GRAHAM
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"Mrs. Rose Worth, of Rutbven-streot Waver-ley, has been officially informed that her eldest son, Private Hector Clayton Worth, has been killed in action. He was previously reported missing since May 3, 1917. Prior to enlisting he was on the clerical staff, Australian Gas-Light Company." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 23 Feb 1918 (nla.gov.au)