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Angas HASTINGS

Regimental number72
Place of birthSalt Creek, South Australia
Other NamesAngus
SchoolNaracoorte Public School, South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
Addressc/o R.F. White, Benara Road, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, W.C. Hastings, Naracoorte, South Australia
Previous military serviceBelonged to Mount Gambier Volunteer Service
Enlistment date21 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name3rd Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/8/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 22 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollWarrant Officer (Class I)
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Light Horse Regiment
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWas returning home when he died.
FateDied of disease 15 November 1918
Place of death or woundingGulf of Aden
Age at death27
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsChatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
3
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Naracoorte Light Horse Roll of Honour, Town Hall, Naracoorte, South Australia. Died of influenza at sea
Other details

Commenced return to Australia, 15 November 1918; died at sea of influenza, 21 November 1918.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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