HISLOP, Allan Henderson
| Service Number: | 4057 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | East Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Germany, 18 October 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Niederzwehren Cemetery Niederzwehren Cemetery, Niederzwehren, Germany |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, East Brisbane War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Mar 1916: | Involvement 4057, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
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| 28 Mar 1916: | Embarked 4057, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane | |
| 18 Oct 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 4057, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4057 awm_unit: 25 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-10-18 |
Corporal Allan Henderson Hislop
From AWM short biography
4057 Corporal Allan Henderson Hislop was born in St Mary's on 6 October 1895, the fourth of five children and only son of David and Annie Hislop. He was a tailors cutter on enlistment in 25 Battalion, 10 Reinforcements on 4 September 1915 aged 19. He had previously seen three years service in the Militia.
Leaving Australia for overseas service on 29 March 1916, Hislop disembarked at Marseilles on 5 June. He was appointed acting corporal on 24 June but reverted to private on 16 July when he joined his battalion in the field. He was appointed lance corporal on 17 July.
On 29 July 1916, Hislop was reported missing during the 25th Battalion's first attack on Pozieres. He was confirmed as a prisoner of war on 30 August. Hislop had arrived at Gottingen Prisoner of War Camp in Germany on 7 August and was admitted to the camp hospital suffering wounds to his left hand and thigh. Hislop's left hand was amputated but he developed numerous abscesses on his body and passed away from an abscess to his heart at 8.30am on 18 October 1916.
Originally buried in the neighbouring Gottingen Military Cemetery, Hislop was relocated to Niederzwehren Cemetery in 1924 when four permanent Commonwealth cemeteries were established to house the graves of servicemen who had died in Germany.
After Hislop's family was informed of Allan's death they arranged to have four badges made in his honour, one for each of his four sisters - Evelyn, Margaret 'Meg', Annie Estella 'Essie' and Beryl. Only this badge, believed to be Evelyn's, is known to still exist.
Submitted 30 July 2019 by Evan Evans
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