HINDHAUGH, John Wilfred Jacob
| Service Number: | 1906 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 April 1915, Enlisted at Port Fairy, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St Helens, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Yambuk, Moyne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St Helens Public School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Floriana Hospital, Malta, 30 October 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Pieta Military Cemetery Plot A, Row XV11, Grave 2 Chaplain M. Farren officiated Headstone inscription reads: Father in Thy gracious keeping leave we now our loved one sleeping, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hexham War Memorial, Port Fairy St. John's Anglican Church Roll of Honor WW1, Port Fairy War Memorial, Yambuk & District Honour Roll, Yambuk District Honor Roll, Yambuk WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1906, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Port Fairy, Victoria | |
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| 26 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1906, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1906, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
| 23 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 30 Oct 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1906, 24th Infantry Battalion, D.O.D. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His brother also fell. He was Corporal RUSSELL GEORGE HINDHAUGH-Service Number 200-Died 07/08/1915-Aged 30-8th Australian Light Horse.
LONE PINE MEMORIAL-Panel 5.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was one of three Hindhaugh brothers who fell. They were sons of William Hindhaugh-died 6 May 1920 and Jane Hindhaugh-died 7 February 1927. They rest in Yambuk Cemetery, Victoria and there are memorials to all three brothers there.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Hindhaugh and Jane Hindhaugh nee Kelly of Reedsdale, St Helens, Victoria. Brother of Ann Reed Hindhaugh, Irene Jean Hindhaugh, James Reed Hindhaugh, Mary Allice Hindhaugh, Robert William Hindhaugh, Russell George Hindhaugh, Violet Agnes Hindhaugh, Chester Stuart Hindhaugh, Vernon Keith Hindhaugh and William Ivan Hindhaugh
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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