John HIBBERT

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Service Number:	1958
Enlisted:	23 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Norwick, Norfolk, England, 1893
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Thorpe Hamlet Council School, Norwich, Norfolk, England
Occupation:	Labourer/Tram Conductor
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial, Row C, Grave 117 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

23 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1958, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
13 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1958, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1958, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney

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Arrived in Australia aged 18 years

Son of E. Hibbert of 54 Vincent Road, Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich, Norfolk, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served in the Royal Field Artillery, Special Reserve, British Army