HINGST, Charles Henry
| Service Number: | Q141033 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Laidley, Queensland, Australia, 9 December 1889 |
| Home Town: | Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter's Labourer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 7 May 1980, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 8 Apr 1942: | Involvement Private, Q141033 | |
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| 8 Apr 1942: | Enlisted | |
| 8 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q141033 | |
| 22 Sep 1944: | Discharged | |
| 22 Sep 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q141033 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Charles (Carl Hermann) was the fifth of nine children of Carl (Charlie) August Wilhelm Hingst (born 1862 in Germany) and Augusta Wilhelmina Luisa Loose (born 1862 in Germany). Charlie immigrated with his family in 1873, arriving in Maryborough, QLD on board the Alardus and Augusta arrived in 1883 on board the Roma. Charlie and Augusta married in 1883 in Laidley, QLD where they settled and raised their family.
Charles was a Labourer in Ipswich, QLD in 1919 when he married Sylvia Alison Ward (born 1902 in Ipswich, QLD). They lived at Mt Crosby via Ipswich, where Charles worked as a Labourer, then as a Fettler at Calvert via Rosewood on the Darling Downs before moving to Sandgate in 1930 where he worked as a Carpenter's Labourer.
In 1942 Charles enlisted in the ACMF and was a Private (Service No:Q141033) with 15 Garrison Battalion when he was Discharged in September 1944. Brother August (Private; Service No:679) was KiA in WWI and Frank (Trooper; Service No:3062 and Private; Service No:Q155502) served in WWI and WWII.
Charles and Sylvia remained in Sandgate, where Charles worked as a Labourer. He died in 1980 and Sylvia in 1987.