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Maurice HINCH

Regimental number888
Place of birthCunnamulla, Queensland
SchoolSuperior Public School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressWarwick, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Jane Hinch, Texas, Queensland
Enlistment date25 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name41st Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll41st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Place of death or woundingPloegsteert, Belgium
Age at death19.10
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 2), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
134
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Maurice and Mary HINCH, 654 Botany Road, Beaconsfield, New South Wales. Native of Cunnamulla, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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