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HIBBERT, Albert George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 706 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 November 1915, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sorrento, Victoria, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Sorrento, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Aerated waters manufacturer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 21 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
VC Corner Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France No known grave, VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sorrento St. John's Anglican Church Memorial Window, Sorrento War Memorial, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 706, 31st Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 706, 31st Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A62' Wandilla from Melbourne on 9th November 1915, disembarking Suez, Egypt on 7th December 1915. | |
| 1 Jan 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
| 17 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 706, 31st Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMT Manitou from Alexandria, Egypt on 17th June 1916, disembarking Marseilles, France on 25th June 1916 to join British Expeditionary Force. | |
| 21 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 706, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 706 awm_unit: 31st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-21 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of George and Mary Sophia (nee Lyons) HIBBERT of Sorrento, Victoria. George Hibbert was the proprietor of the Lemonade Factory in Sorrento. Husband of Mary (nee Chapman) HIBBERT, married in 1911
Brother of
- 1084 Private Frank Ernest HIBBERT , 5th Australian Divisional Headquarters, returned to Australia 15th April 1919 (born 1880) Husband of May HIBBERT, and father of four children.
- 2850 Private Cecil Stanley Samuel HIBBERT - 7th Infantry Battalion, died of wounds 5th October 1917 Belgium (born 1893)
- 562 Private James Edmond HIBBERT - 24th Infantry Battalion, returned to Australia 20th May 1919 (born 1898)