HART, Horace Arthur
| Service Number: | 71 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, An original of F Company |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 19 March 1889 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Urquhart Street State School, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Builder |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Krithia, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Tree Plaque: |
Ballarat Avenue of Honour
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| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Avenue of Honour, Euroa Telegraph Park, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 71, 8th Infantry Battalion, An original of F Company | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 71, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 71, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne | |
| 18 Dec 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
| 1 May 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 71, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 71 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-01 - 1915-05-08 | |
| 8 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 71, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Krithia |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Sergeant Horace Arthur Hart has an entry in De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour which says he was the son of Thomas Frederick Hart of Dunedin, New Zealand, Assistant Sub-Editor, Otago “Daily Times”. Horace was born in Ballarat, educated at Urquhart Street State School and was a builder and contractor. He joined the 7th Regiment Ballarat Militia in 1907 and joined the 8th Battalion AIF on the 5 August 1914, the day after the European War broke out. He took part in the landing on the 25 April 1915, during which he carried a wounded comrade two miles under heavy shell fire to a place of safety. He was killed in action on the Krithia Road 21 May 1915, being shot by a sniper when he was returning from fetching water for his platoon. He was buried off the Krithia Road but his grave was lost and he is remembered on the Helles Memorial.
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