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Henry William HINKS

Regimental number3859
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationChef
AddressWallaroo, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation33
Height5' 11"
Weight145 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs M A Hinks, 2 Catherine Place, Warriston Road, Edinburgh, Scotland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 June 1917
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 10
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/17/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 October 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 20 October 1918
Discharge date1 February 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 30 October 1917; disembarked Plymouth, England, 27 December 1917, and marched in to Pioneer Training Bn, Sutton Veny.

Transferred to 32nd Bn, Codford, and taken on strength, 2 January 1918.

On Command, School of Cookery, Tidworth, 19 January 1918; marched in to 15th Training Bn from On Command, 16 February 1918.

Marched in to 14th Training Bn, 11 April 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 10 June 1918; taken on strength, 32nd Bn, in the field, 22 June 1918.

Wounded in action, 6 July 1918 (High Explosive shell wound, head, fractured skull, left arm), admitted to 15th Australian Field Ambulance, and transferred to 20th Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train No 5, 18 July 1918, and admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Rouen, 19 July 1918; transferred to England, 25 July 1918, and admitted to Kitchener War Hospital, Brighton, 26 July 1918 (head wound: severe); transferred to 2rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 21 August 1918; discharged on furlough, 26 August 1918, to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 9 September 1918.

Found guilty, 9 September 1918, of being absent without leave, 10.30 am to noon, 9 September 1918: admonished.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Borda', 20 October 1918; disembarked Adelaide, 15 December 1918; discharged (medically unfit), Adelaide, 1 February 1919.

War service: 1 yeatr 229 days (of which 1 year 48 days were abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death4 March 1932
Place of burialAIF Cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, HINKS Henry William

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