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Harold HURST

Regimental number6364
Place of birthBurslem, Staffordshire, England
SchoolElementary Board School, England
Age on arrival in Australia27
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressC/o M Jeffrey, Mernda Station, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation37
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Hurst, Thornleigh, Milton Stoke-on-Trent, England
Enlistment date24 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 23 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 October 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXXVIII, Row B, Grave No. 16), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
96
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ezra and Elizaabeth HURST, Thornlea, Milton, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Native of Stoke-on-Trent
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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