Daniel Thomas HETHERINGTON

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HETHERINGTON, Daniel Thomas

Service Number:	1113
Enlisted:	20 March 1916, Enlisted at Mount Gambier
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Miram, Kanwa, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 11 June 1917
Cemetery:	Strand Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Wallonie, Belgium Plot V, Row A, Grave 14 Rev. C. Houchan officiated
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Gambier St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Roll of Honor (2), Mount Gambier War Memorial

World War 1 Service

20 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1113, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Mount Gambier
9 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 1113, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 1113, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Robert and Elizabeth Emerson (nee Ellison) Hetherington of Mount Gambier, SA; previously of Miram Piram, Victoria; brother of Robert Hetherington, Margaret Ann Hetherington, Melville Robert Hetherington and Kenneth Harold Hetherington

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Ken Deutscher

The attached Hetherington family photo on steps of family home in Mount Gambier includes:

Top left to right:

Dan, Robert, Ken, Elizabeth

Bottom left to right:

Mrs Brown, Margaret (later Mrs Petering), Dave, May (later Mrs Free), Hilda (later Mrs Burns)

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