STROUT, Hubert Wallace
| Service Numbers: | 160, R160 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Ambulance Officer |
| Died: | Self inflicted morphia overdose, City Infectious Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, 20 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Woltemade Cemetery (Maitland), Cape Town Section 4, Grave 122B Chaplain Captain Mason officiated. Undertakers given as Goodall & Williams of Albert Road, Woodstock and the coffin consisted of stained wood, Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 160, 1st Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 160, 1st Field Ambulance, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 160, 1st Field Ambulance, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 8 Apr 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 160, 1st Field Ambulance, Wound to left leg fracturing the tibia. Embarked at Suez for Australia for discharge | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, R160, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, R160, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 160, 1st Field Ambulance, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 160 awm_unit: 1st Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James H. Strout and Elizabeth May Strout of 'Militare', Darling Street, Moore Park, NSW. Brother of Arthur H.M. Strout and Ruby M. Strout
Husband of Mildred Strout of 2 Russell Street, Woolahra, NSW. On 1 January 1918 Mildred was notified by letter that Hubert had died of morphia poisoning which he had self administered.He had been admitted to the hospital with Meningitis
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Croix de Guerre - London Gazette on 24 February 1916, page 2071, position 2. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 May 1916, page 1161, position 17. Awarded for conspicuous bravery and gallantry at Gallipoli
PRIVATE H. W. STROUT.
Private Hubert Wallis Strout who is in the 17th General Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound in the leg, is 23 years of age, and a native of Sydney. The wounded private (who is a son of Mrs. E. M. Strout of Milton, Dowling-street, Moore Park) was a Civil Ambulance man, and was for seven years in the N.S.W. volunteers.
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