HYDER  L.

Given Names:  Eric Laurie

               

Service Number:  96 / V62678

Unit:  6th Battalion, A Company                                                                                       

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  23 Yrs   

Occupation:  Furniture Maker                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  11 In                   

Weight:  154 Lbs

Chest:  37-39 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Freckled

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/8/1914

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Amelia Hyder

8 High Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                             

Embarkation Date:  19/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Hororata A20

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Themistocles                                   

Embarked:  15/8/1915                               

Disembarked: 

Unit:  6th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  2/3/1916                         

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  6208

British War Medal:  1711

Victory Medal:  1710

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1891

Place:  Coleraine, Victoria                        

Father:  Thomas John HYDER                 

Mother:  Amelia LAMEN

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1916     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Bertha HEDGES

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 14/12/1965                        

Place: Fitzroy, Victoria                             

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Suffered a breakdown in August 1915

Enlisted again 6/3/1917 (V62678) and discharged 13/7/1917

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary