HIRSCHFELD, Johannes Daniel
| Service Number: | 998 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Brownlow, South Australia, 6 August 1894 |
| Home Town: | Mannum, Mid Murray, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mannum Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia , 16 September 1930, aged 36 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (General) Adelaide, South Australia Buried at Light Oval Row No 35 Site No 13 |
| Memorials: | Cowell Men from Franklin Harbour WW1 Roll of Honour, Cowell Mitchellville Honour Roll, Macclesfield ANZAC Memorial Gardens, Mannum District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 998, 11th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 21 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 998, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 998, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Adelaide |
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From How We Served
998 Farrier/Corporal Johannes Daniel Hirschfeld MID of Mannum, South Australia was employed as blacksmith at the time of his enlisting for War Service on the 8th of June 1915, and was allocated to reinforcements for the 11th Light Horse Regiment 1st AIF.
Johannes was embarked for Egypt and further training on the 21st of September 1915, and had been temporarily transferred to the 9th Light Horse with whom he was taken on strength with in the trenches on Gallipoli on the 17th of November, during the last weeks of the Dardanelles campaign. Once returned to Egypt Johannes was marched into the 11th Light Horse as of the 26th of April 1916.
Aside for periods of sickness, which included tonsillitis for which he was hospitalised for from the start of May 1917, until he re-joined his Regiment in the field on the 4th of July, Johannes's service would be continuous. During operations in the desert against the Turkish forces, Johannes was Mentioned in Despatches for his ‘conspicuous devotion to duty and gallantry’ when volunteering to carry ammunition backwards and forwards to his unit’s forward positions which were under heavy artillery fire.
On the 19th of September 1918 Johannes was again hospitalised for sickness, and was cited as suffering general debility for which he was invalided back to Australia, departing Egypt on the 26th of January 1919. Following his return to Australia, Johannes received his official discharge from the 1st AIF on the 23rd of April 1919 and was re-entered into civilian life.
Johannes untimely death at the age of 36 occurred in Adelaide on the 14th of September 1930 and following which he was formally laid to rest with West Terrace Cemetery, South Australia.
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