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HOHENFELS, Francis Othmar
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1099 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 January 1915, Hamilton, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Corps Headquarters Signal Company |
| Born: | Mildura, Victoria, Australia , 31 July 1893 |
| Home Town: | Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant |
| Died: | 1962, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: | Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1099, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Hamilton, Vic. | |
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| 4 May 1915: | Embarked Sapper, 1099, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Port Macquarie, Melbourne | |
| 4 May 1915: | Involvement Sapper, 1099, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 1099, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 20 Sep 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Gallipoli | |
| 27 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1099, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Battle for Pozières | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1099, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Mouquet Farm | |
| 27 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, France | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 1099, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Bullecourt (Second) | |
| 13 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, France | |
| 29 May 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Bullecourt (Second), For conspicuous gallantry in action on 3rd May 1917 in the HINDENBURG Line. | |
| 6 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, France | |
| 24 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, Headquarters 17th Brigade, England | |
| 21 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, England | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1099, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Menin Road | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1099, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 1 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, Australian Corps Headquarters Signal Company, Belgium | |
| 27 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1099, Australian Corps Headquarters Signal Company, German Spring Offensive 1918 | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1099, Australian Corps Headquarters Signal Company, "The Last Hundred Days", France | |
| 15 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant |
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Military Medal citation:
'For conspicuous gallantry in action on 3rd May 1917 in the HINDENBURG Line, laying and repairing telephone lines under intense artillery fire and Machine Gun fire. At one time he worked continuously for 5 hours in the open showing an exemplary disregard of danger and displaying both courage and endurance.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 189
Date: 8 November 1917
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