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Joseph HART

Regimental number190
Place of birthCarlton, Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolPaddington Superior Public School, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionJewish
OccupationJeweller
Address27 Stewart Street, Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 4"
Weight130 lbs
Next of kinFather, Victor Hart, 27 Stewart Street, Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed as a Naval Cadet.
Enlistment date26 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll19 July 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 9 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular'Will you if possible please inscribe the Hebrew letters on the Star of David as per Circular.' (details from mother)
FateKilled in Action 20 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)
Age at death20.6
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialRation Farm Military Cemetery (Plot VI, Row H, Grave No. 48), La Chapelle d'Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
117
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Victor and Rae HART, 'Jocelyn', Murriverre Road, Bondi, New South Wales. Native of Carlton, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousin: 1590 Pte Frederick Felix RAPHAEL, 21st Bn, killed in action, 15 November 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 9 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 11 December 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles France, 23 June 1916.

Killed in action, 20 July 1916.

Statement, Red Cross File No 1280909, 206 C.J. KIDDLE, 30th Bn (patient, No 4 Australian General Hospital, Randwick), 15 May 1917: 'I saw his dead body on the evening of 19.7.16, about 8.30 p.m. lying about half way across No Man's Land, between our and the German front lines ... I could see that he had been shot through the head, and he must have been killed outright. I was hit the next day, and do not know if he was buried.'

Second statement, 1302 A.J. LANGBEIN, 30th Bn, 21 May 1917: 'I saw him lying dead, badly cut up by shell in No-Man's-Land at Fromelles as we were attacking. There was no chance of burial.'

Third statement: Sergeant [Corporal? 827] W.J. BURNS, 30th Bn, 3 August 1919: 'Witness saw everything. They had just "hopped over" the purpose being to dig a sap in No Man's Land. Casualty was about 5 yards in front wearing his tin hat with the strap at the back of the head. He was struck on the hat at the back of the head by a piece of shell. Death was instantaneous. Owing to circumstances it was impossible to bury him and witness cannot say if this was done later.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, HART Joseph
Red Cross file 1280909

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