Part of 1st Re-inforcements, 40th Battalion in Camp in UK - 1916

Group of soldiers of the Tasmanian Battalion (40th) in England.

Photo (with above caption) printed in Weekly Courier, Tasmania, 30th November 1916, page 23 with these names given:

Soldiers identified......

Back row (left to right):

Privates L W Hyland = Leslie William Hyland #1646

F Rector = Fred Rector #1669

G Smith = James Smith #1710 (only Smith named in records)

R E Gilbert = Roy Erwin Gilbert #1643

E G Currier = Cyril Garnet #1647

J Curran = James Curran #1695

Second row:

L W J Livingstone = Henry Walter John Livingstone #1654

... Ferrall = Norman William Ferrall #1636

Sergeant H R Donalson = Herbert Roy Donaldson #1634

A G Fowler = Alfred George Fowler #1633

O W Swenny = Oscar William Sweeney #1674

In Front:

A Anderson = Alexander Anderson #1697

J A Robertson = Joseph Alexander Robertson #1706

L J Westerbrook = Louis James Westbrook #1686

L M Duggan = Louis Montreal Duggan #1632

C W Chick = Charles William Chick #1699

 

Pte Leslie William Hyland #1646 (rear left)

Place of birth - Bagdad, Tasmania

School - State School, Tasmania

Religion - Congregational

Occupation - Farmer

Address - Broadmarsh, Tasmania

Marital status - Single

Age at embarkation - 25

Next of kin - Father, William Yates Hyland, Broadmarsh, Tasmania

Enlistment date - 18 April 1916

Rank on enlistment - Private

Unit name - 40th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement

AWM Embarkation Roll number - 23/57/2

Embarkation details - Unit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916

Rank from Nominal Roll - Private

Unit from Nominal Roll - 40th Battalion

Fate - Died of wounds 16 December 1917

Place of death or wounding - Belgium

Age at death - 26

Place of burial - Wimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No. 5A), France

Panel number, Roll of Honour,

Australian War Memorial - 132

Miscellaneous information from

cemetery records - Parents: WIlliam Gates and Catherine Elizabeth HYLAND, Springfield, Broadmarsh, Tasmania. Native of Bagdad, Tasmania

Family/military connections - Cousin Henry Bertram Eddingtan died of wounds 19/8/16 and Ernest Fredrick Berica killed in France 11/7/17.

War service: Western Front

 

reverse of photo: www.flickr.com/photos/hwmobs/54030656951/in/photostream/

 

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