HIDES, Ernest
| Service Number: | 499 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ecclesall Bierlow, near Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire England, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Abbeydale School, Sheffield, England; School of Art, Sheffield, England |
| Occupation: | Compositor Printer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Johnston's Jolly Cemetery, Gallipoli, Türkiye Sp. Mem. 7. Inscription TILL THE DAY DAWN & THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY , Johnston's Jolly Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Johnston's Jolly Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 499, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 499, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 499, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 21 years. Residential address at the time of enlistment was 25 Carlisle Street, Leichhardt, NSW
Son of Robert E. and Eliza Hides of 41 Brookhouse Hill, Fulwood, Sheffield, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
He served his apprenticeship with A.E. Woollons of Sheffield, England
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is remembered on the Fulwood Cross-a war memorial in the town of Fulwood, near Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
It is located at the Junction of Fulwood Rd and Canterbury Avenue
Fulwood, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 3QH.
It is a wheel Cross of stone which surmounts a closed lantern. Lantern stands on tapering octagonal shaft. Shaft surmounts two-tiered plinth. Plinth bears inscription in incised lettering. Three-stepped stone base. Plaque with names set into wrought iron fence behind cross.
THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM AND FOR HONOUR IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF FULWOOD WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 AND ALL SUBSEQUNT CONFLICTS.
Births Mar 1892 Hides Ernest-Ecclesall B. 9c 329
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