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Hector SERGEANT

Regimental number2300
Place of birthRichmond, Victoria
Other NamesHector Thomas
SchoolState School, Middle Park, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMachinist
AddressKew, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 6"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs R Dalton, Cotham Road, Kew, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed on HMAS Psyche, Australia Station for 2 years; discharged.
Enlistment date5 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll16 June 1915
Place of enlistmentSeymour, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 17 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll60th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Age at death23.3
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 22), Australian Cemetery , Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
170
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Rose SERGEANT. Native of Richmond, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousin: 4531 Pte Alexander Reginald DALTON, 46th Bn, killed in action, 1 April 1918.
Other details

Enlisted, 5 March 1915; file marked 'Deserter' and 'Did not embark'.

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined 8th Bn, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 7 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Transferred to 60th Bn, 24 February 1916, and taken on strength, Tel el Kebir.

Admitted to 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel el Kebir, 31 March 1916; rejoined Bn, Ferry Post, 7 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Note, Red Cross File No 2460110: 'No trace Germany[.] Cert. by Capt. Mills 10-10-19.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, SERGEANT Hector
Red Cross File No 2460110

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