LOCK, Hurtle Herbert Leslie
| Service Number: | 2253 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 March 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia, 20 June 1895 |
| Home Town: | Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Daws Road Repatriation Hospital, Daw Park, South Australia, 15 June 1971, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Gardens, Path 20, Grave 30B |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2253, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2253, 10th Infantry Battalion, 11/5/1917: Embarked from Melbourne 19/7/1917: Disembarked at Plymouth | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2253, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 30 Sep 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2253, 10th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit |
AFTER 24 YEARS
Recorder (Port Pirie) 2 November 1942
AWAY back in 1918 Pte. Hurtle Lock, an A.I.F. man from Pirie, was moving across a battlefield in France when he picked up a small Testament. Inscribed on the flyleaf were the words:
"Presented to Bro. E. Brooks by members of Wallaroo Church of Christ on
the eve of his departure for the front, May 14, 1917."
Pte. Lock attached sentiment to the little Book, and sent it home to his sister, Mrs, B, J, Maynard, of Pirie. Despite enquiries', nothing was ever heard of Pte. Brooks, and Mrs. Maynard placed the Testament away in a drawer.
Now, after 24 years, the owner has been located, safe and well. He resides
at 31 Woolfield avenue, Fullarton, and he was run to earth through the efforts of
Mrs. A, E. Arnold, of Pirie West. In a letter just received by Mrs. Maynard Mr.
Brooks expresses his delight and gratification at the chance of again handling
the little book, which meant so much to him on the other side.
He remarks that his daughter, was leaving home to join the W.A.A.A.F. when he received the advice that the testament had come to light.
"I shall send it by registered post at once," said Mrs. Maynard, who seemed
is pleased as the owner apparently was about the whole thing.
Submitted 22 February 2022 by Patricia Schroeder
Biography contributed by Ann-Marie Bosco
Hurtle Herbert Leslie Lock
On the 20th June 1895, Hurtle Herbert Leslie Lock was born to William James (James) Lock and Phoebe Elizabeth Lock (nee Bowden) at Port Pirie, South Australia.
His father was born in Corinella, Victoria, and his mother was born in Port Adelaide. He was the fourth child out of five children with three sisters and one brother. After the death of his father in 1898, his mother remarried and had a further three children.
At the age of 21, Hurtle enlisted on 6 March 1917 and served during WW1, 10th Battalion. Private No. 2253. He served overseas and embarked on 11 May 1917 from Melbourne. After active service overseas, he left England on 21 July 1918 and arrived back in Australia on 19 September 1918. He was discharged from the AIF on 30 September 1918 as medically unfit due to extensive gun shot wounds to his right hand and the loss of his right eye whilst on active service in France. He served one year and 132 days abroad. At the time of enlistment, he was five feet, nine inches tall and weighed 155 lbs.
Hurtle married Lucy Hogan on 19 May 1919 at St. Albans Church, Largs Bay. They had one child, Hurtle Herbert (Jim), born 6 March 1920 at Largs Bay. Sadly, Lucy passed away on 10 May 1923 at their residence in Fletcher Road, Peterhead, aged 25 years. She was buried in the Cheltenham Cemetery. Hurtle, as a 30-year-old widower, remarried on 29 June 1925, to Julia Ann Fry. The ceremony was at St. Pauls Church, Port Pirie. Hurtle and Julia lived at Hurtle’s home in Peterhead. Hurtle and Julia had three children, William James Lock, Keith Walter Lock, & Ethel Julia Lock.
During the 1928-1930 period, Hurtle bought a 17-acre property at the Gawler Blocks (now Evanston Gardens). He also share-farmed on neighbouring properties. During WW2, he worked at the Weapons Research Establishment Munitions Factory, near Gawler and after the War, he worked at the Tube Mills, Kilburn. In later years he worked at the Horwood Bagshaw factory for about five years until he retired due to bad health. In 1951 Hurtle bought his mother’s (Phoebe) home at 24 Ballara Street, Mile End where they lived until Hurtle’s death.
Hurtle died on 15 June 1971, aged 75 years, at the Daws Road Repatriation Hospital, and was buried in the Derrick Garden of Remembrance at Centennial Park. Julia died on 27 October 1975, aged 81, at Trevu Private Hospital, Gawler and was buried at the Willaston Cemetery.
Source: “Family Portraits: Matthew and Mary Lock and their descendants in South Australia” by Patricia Lock and Dennis Gum. Published 2014
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