ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

HIND, Joseph

HIND, Joseph

Full Name: Joseph

HIND

Date of Birth: 11

–

1896

Place of birth: Ropsley Lincolnshire

England

Occupation: Timber Worker

Address: No. 1 Mill Manjimup WA

Next of Kin: Father- Joseph Taylor HIND, Mother- Esther HIND

Next of Kin Address: Springfield via Manjimup WA

Religion: Church of England

Service Number: 3143

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 28th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1915-09-08

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1916-01-18

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1916-02-16

Locations Served:

,

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: Killed in Action

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Bullecourt France

Age at Death: 20

Burial Location: Inscription- Villers Brettoneux Memorial France

3/09/1915- Completed Medical Examination Bridgetown WA
8/09/1915- Completed Medical Examination Blackboy Hill WA and posted to 28 Depot Company as Private
28/09/1915- To ” B ” Company 3rd Depot Battalion
1/11/1915- To 7th Reinforcements 28th Battalion Blackboy Hill
18/01/1916- Embarked Fremantle WA aboard ” Medic ” bound for Egypt
16/02/1916- Disembarked Alexandria ex Australia to Overseas Training Base
21/03/1916- Embarked Alexandria with British Expeditionary Forces bound for Marseilles France
27/03/1916- Disembarked Marseilles
3/05/1916- Taken on Strength 28th Battalion in the field France
3/11/1916- Wounded in Action France ( Trench Feet )
17/11/1916- Admitted 6th General Hospital Rouen France ex 5th Field Ambulance ex 38th Casualty Clearing Station ex Ambulance Train
26/11/1916- Transferred to No. 2 Convalescent Depot Rouen then to 2nd Australian Division Base Depot Etaples France
19/12/1916- Admitted 18th General Hospital Camiers France ( Mumps )
9/01/1917- Discharged from Hospital to Base Depot Etaples
28/02/1917- Rejoined 28th Battalion in the field France ex Sickness
3/05/1917- Reported Wounded and Missing in Action France
26/07/1917- Court of Enquiry found HIND to be Killed in Action.

 

REPORT OF SOLDIER’S DEATH

Informant – 3980- BLAKERS, Pte. Sidney G, 28th Battalion – ” Pte. H. MacDonald of ” C ” Company saw him killed at Bullecourt “.

 

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

British War Medal – No. 30801

Victory Medal – No. 30619

Memorial Plaque/Scroll – No. 328270

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Manjimup War Memorial WA

Australian War Memorial Canberr