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DEFRIES, Hamlet Leopold
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 76 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 June 1915, Middle Head, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Siege Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Surry Hills, NSW, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | 26 August 1943, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Zone G Jewish 12 001 |
| Memorials: | Sydney The Great Synagogue Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 76, Siege Artillery Brigade, Middle Head, NSW | |
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| 17 Jul 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 76, Siege Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jul 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 76, Siege Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Deserter from the Royal Australian Artillery, New South Wales, at Sydney.
7th June, 1907.
No. 3,103, Gunner Hamlet Leopold Defries, born in Sydney, 27 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, black hair, brown eyes, dark complexion; dressed in plain clothes; a grocer. Under eight years’ service.