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George William HUNGERFORD

Regimental number3327
Place of birthWarwick, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPastrycook
AddressRuthven and Bridge Street, Toowoomba, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 7"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, John George Hungerford, Ruthven and Bridge Street, Toowoomba, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll21 July 1915
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 13 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burialFromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
157
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 6014 Pte Francis Cecil HUNGERFORD, Australian Corps Signal Company, returned to Australia, 19 April 1919; 1085 Corporal Sydney Gordon HUNGERFORD, 42nd Bn, returned to Australia, 20 December 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Proceeded to join 53rd Bn, Zeitoun, 16 February 1916; taken on strength 53rd Bn, Tel el Kebir, 16 February 1916.

Found guilty, 18 March 1916, of neglecting to obey an order on 12 March 1916; awarded 5 days' confined to barracks.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 28 June 1916.

Killed in action, 19 July 1916.

Translation of German report, 3 November 1919, 'Iden: Disc handed over by Intell: Officer with 6th Army H.Q. 12/10/16[.] Australian Pte. Hungerford, 3327, 53rd Bn. fell in the neighbourhood of Fromelles 19/7/16'.

Report from Australian Red Cross, Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau, 15 October 1920, 'Hungerford, G. W. 3327 A.4. 1. Co. Fell on 19.7.16 at Fromelles[.] Reported by N.O. of Army Headquarters 6. on 3.18.16 [sic]. Final German Death List, B'.

Red Cross File No 1390509: 'The above name appeared on German death list dated 4-11-16.'

Originally listed as 'No Known Grave' and commemorated at V.C. Corner (Panel No 8), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles; subsequently (2011) identified, and interred in the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, France.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsFather's subsequent addresses: 'Jesmondene', Bridge Street, Toowoomba, Queensland; then 58/50 Harris Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland (29 May 1922); then Arthur Terrace, Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland
SourcesNAA: B2455, HUNGERFORD George William
Red Cross File No 1390509

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