Difference between revisions of "Hobart Douglas Firns MID"
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| caption = Australian War Memorial PO7642.002 | | caption = Australian War Memorial PO7642.002 | ||
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| − | | caption2 = | + | | caption2 = Section of Lone Pine Memorial<ref>Ancestry.com. Australia, Imperial Force Burials At Gallipoli, 1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015</rf> |
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| − | | data7 = | + | | data7 = 5'6½" (1.69m) tall; weight unknown; fair complexion, grey eyes, and fair hair. |
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| − | | data16 = 10th Light Horse | + | | data16 = 10th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron, D Troop |
| label17 = Date of Embarkation | | label17 = Date of Embarkation | ||
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Given Hobart's familiarity with horses he was signed on as an inaugural member of the 10th Light Horse Regiment, where he joined A Squadron. However prior to the Army finalising his enlistment processes and accepting him, Hobart was required to have his teeth attended to. This he had done by early December 1914. | Given Hobart's familiarity with horses he was signed on as an inaugural member of the 10th Light Horse Regiment, where he joined A Squadron. However prior to the Army finalising his enlistment processes and accepting him, Hobart was required to have his teeth attended to. This he had done by early December 1914. | ||
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| + | Travelled to Egypt with the 10th Light Horse, and then on to Gallipoli via Alexandria on 16 May 1915. On 25 Jun 1915 he reported ill with influenza which required him to be evacuated to Mudros on the 30th for treatment for pleurisy. He recovered quickly and was returned to Gallipoli on 9 Jul 1915. | ||
Hobart was one of the soldiers fighting alongside Lt Hugo Throssel at Hill 60 when Throssel won his VC. "Gallipoli to Tripoli" [Browning & Gill] at page 158 relates the story told by Pte Stanley, one of the few survivors of the group soon after the battle. | Hobart was one of the soldiers fighting alongside Lt Hugo Throssel at Hill 60 when Throssel won his VC. "Gallipoli to Tripoli" [Browning & Gill] at page 158 relates the story told by Pte Stanley, one of the few survivors of the group soon after the battle. | ||
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Hobart's date of death is given as the 29th August 1915, after he and his colleagues had held enemy trenches for up to 31 hours before being forced to retreat. | Hobart's date of death is given as the 29th August 1915, after he and his colleagues had held enemy trenches for up to 31 hours before being forced to retreat. | ||
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==Award Comment== | ==Award Comment== | ||
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''For gallantry during attack on the Turkish trenches on Kaiajik Aghala.'' | ''For gallantry during attack on the Turkish trenches on Kaiajik Aghala.'' | ||
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| + | On 25 Aug 1923 the MiD Certificate was dispatched to the family where it was received on 14 Sep 1923. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Burial details: Unknown grave, commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Anzac Cove, Turkey. | Burial details: Unknown grave, commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Anzac Cove, Turkey. | ||
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Hobart's next of kin was his father Charles Firns who moved around with work. He was living at the time of Hobart's enlistment in Serpentine, later moving to Mundijong and then Koorda. | Hobart's next of kin was his father Charles Firns who moved around with work. He was living at the time of Hobart's enlistment in Serpentine, later moving to Mundijong and then Koorda. | ||
| − | Three brothers also served with the AIF during WW1. Charles Glyn Firns with the 28th Battalion; Frank Thomas Firns, allocated to Artillery but who did not reach the front lines before the armistice; and George Weston Firns who served with the 48th Battalion. While Charles was Wounded in Action in Belgium on 12 Oct 1916 and at Mont St Quentin on 2 Sep 1918, all three returned to Australia during 1919. | + | Three brothers also served with the AIF during WW1. Charles Glyn Firns with the 28th Battalion; Frank Thomas Firns, allocated to Artillery but who did not reach the front lines before the armistice; and George Weston Firns who served with the 48th Battalion. While Charles was Wounded in Action in Belgium on 12 Oct 1916 and at Mont St Quentin on 2 Sep 1918, all three returned to Australia during 1919. In 1919 another brother Thomas E Firns was serving on the HMAS Sydney. |
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Revision as of 12:53, 11 May 2017
{{Infobox | name = Hobart Douglas Firns MiD
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| caption2 = Section of Lone Pine MemorialCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag [1] Recommended for actions 21st - 30th August 1915. The wording of his recommendation (posthumous) was:
For gallantry during attack on the Turkish trenches on Kaiajik Aghala.
On 25 Aug 1923 the MiD Certificate was dispatched to the family where it was received on 14 Sep 1923.
Notes
Burial details: Unknown grave, commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Anzac Cove, Turkey.
Hobart's next of kin was his father Charles Firns who moved around with work. He was living at the time of Hobart's enlistment in Serpentine, later moving to Mundijong and then Koorda.
Three brothers also served with the AIF during WW1. Charles Glyn Firns with the 28th Battalion; Frank Thomas Firns, allocated to Artillery but who did not reach the front lines before the armistice; and George Weston Firns who served with the 48th Battalion. While Charles was Wounded in Action in Belgium on 12 Oct 1916 and at Mont St Quentin on 2 Sep 1918, all three returned to Australia during 1919. In 1919 another brother Thomas E Firns was serving on the HMAS Sydney.
- ↑ Commonwealth Gazette No 44 of 6 Apr 1916.