HART A.J.

Given Names:  Alfred Joseph

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Unit:  21st Battalion, 11th reinforcements                                                                         

Rank:  Lieutenant                                                                                                            

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Age:  28 Yrs  7 Mths

Occupation:  School Teacher (Trinity Grammar)                                                              

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7 In                     

Weight:  147 Lbs

Chest:  34-37 In

Hair:  Dark

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  13/6/1915

Place:  Seymour

Next of Kin:    Mrs G C Arnold

16 Queen Street, Melbourne, Victoria                                                                               

Embarkation Date:  29/3/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  RMS Orontes

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

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Disembarked: 

Unit:  22nd Battalion                                                                                                                     

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant

Discharge Date:                                       

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  34537

Victory Medal:  34593

Other:    

BIRTH

Date or Year:  8/11/1886

Place:  Warwick, Queensland                   

Father:  Eber George HART                    

Mother:  Mary Ellen

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 27/7/1916                          

Place: Pozieres, France                           

Burial:  No known grave,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Killed by a high explosive shell in the front line

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Trinity Grammar

Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 356070

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

Lived at Trinity Grammar School, 1914