Regimental number | 622 |
Place of birth | Colac, Victoria |
School | Marucont and Colac Agricultural High School |
Other training | Mechanical Engineering |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Orchardist |
Address | Warncoort, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, William Hinds, Warncoort, Victoria |
Previous military service | 20th Light Horse, 3rd Military District, Colac. Joined Chirnsides Mounted Cadets when 11 years old. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 8th Light Horse Regiment, 1st Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/13/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Gunner |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | "Left with 5th Light Horse in 1915.Went to France with 12th Field Artillery in 1916." |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 21.2 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | Dochy Farm New British Cemetery (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 16), Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 53 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Euphemia HINDS, Grant Street, Colac, Victoria. Native of Warncoort, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Cousin: Ivan I Langbroroke, killed in action in FranceCousin: William Amos, Red Hills, Melbourne. Died in Egypt. |