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From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918

Pte Geoffrey Maurice Barnewall HALES,
Regimental Number: 30262
Unit Name: Divisional Ammunition Column 4, Reinforcement 8

Religion: Church of England
Occupation: University Student, Medical, University Exhibition, Sydney University, NSW
Address: 'Telarah', 26 Orlando Avenue, Mosman, NSW
Previous Military Service: 27th Infantry
Age of Enlistment: 18 years and 10 months
Enlistment Date and Place: 11 September 1916, RAS Ground, Sydney, NSW. His medical certificate was signed on 15 August 1916, Victoria Barracks, Sydney.
Next of Kin: Father, George Barnewall Hales, 'Telarah',
26 Orlando Avenue, Mosman, NSW
Rank on Enlistment: Driver
Embarkation Details: Unit embarked from Sydney, NSW, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 9 November 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll: Private

Unit from Nominal Roll: 13th Field Ambulance, reassigned April 1917 (Service records have 12th and then 14th Field Ambulance Service).
Campaigns Served: France
War Service/Promotions: On 23 December 1916 attached to permanent staff of R.B.A.A. ex 4th F.A.B. He appears to have trained for one month as a gunner, then as a driver. He was admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire, England, on 10 February 1917 and discharged a month later (bronchitis). Transferred to Australian Medical Corps Training Depot 10 April 1917. Transferred 14th Field Ambulance 8 June 1917, and proceeded from England to Rouelles, France. At this date Geoffrey reverts to rank of Private at own request. On 3 January 1918 he is back at Australian Headquarters in London; his application having been approved for him to return to Australia to complete his third year at university in medical studies.
Fate: Returned to Australia per HT Llanstephen Castle for completion of medical studies on 15 February 1918. He married Nina Mavis Stair Dalrymple, 1 December 1923, St Augustine's Church, Neutral Bay, NSW.
Place of Death: 20 April 1982, Mowll Village, Castle Hill, NSW
Place of Cremation: Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Ryde, NSW
War Memorial/Honour Roll: World War I Roll of Honour, St Clement's Church, Mosman, NSW; Mosman War Memorial, Mosman, NSW; University of Sydney, Book of Remembrance
Medals: British War Medal; Victory Medal

Note: Fargo Military Hospital was part of the Larkhill Garrison on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England. Located approximately midway between Larkhill and the road from Long Barrrow Crossroads to Rollestone and adjoining the northern end of Fargo Plantation. Built in 1914 according to The Barrack Room (1921) it had 1,200 beds and accommodation for nursing staff.