Regimental number | 3 |
Place of birth | Thirsk, Yorkshire, England |
School | St Olaves College, York, England and Greenhill Preparatory School, Moseley, Birminingham, England |
Other training | Chartered Accountant |
Age on arrival in Australia | 23 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Bairnsdale, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Next of kin | Brother, G N Hyam, Acacia, Service Street, Hampton, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Staff Sergeant |
Unit name | 13th Light Horse Regiment, Headquarters and Machine Gun Section |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board A34 Persic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 13th Light Horse Regiment |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | No relations in the AIF but his stepbrother Basil Hyam was killed on his seventeenth birthday after two years service in the London Regt. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Gaza, Palestine |
Age at death | 27 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 176), Egypt |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 9 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: George Harding and Edith HYAM. Native of Thirsk, England |