Hendrikus VAN DIEST

Hendrikus VAN DIEST Update Details

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Service Number:	3618
Enlisted:	18 July 1917, Enlisted at Grenfell, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Haarlem, Holland, 1877
Home Town:	Grenfell, Weddin, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

18 Jul 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3618, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Grenfell, NSW
2 Aug 1917:	Involvement Private, 3618, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
2 Aug 1917:	Embarked Private, 3618, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Sydney
19 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion, From 53rd Battalion
4 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3618, 35th Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the right foot later amputated. Invalided to England on 15 April 1918
24 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3618, 35th Infantry Battalion, Discharged in London, UK as medically unfit due to amputation

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as C/- A A Mensies, Brundah Siding via Grenfell, NSW but was a bricklayer by trade.

Next of kin given as his sister Idet (Ida) Van-Diest pf Hulan, Holland

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal