HURST, John Thomas

Service Number –   2147.

Rank –   Private.

Unit / Division –   1oth  Light  Horse  Regiment,  transferred  to  16th  Light  Horse  Regiment.

Enlistment Date –   6  January  1916.

Address on Enlistment –   Uhr  Street,  Boyanup,  W. A.

Occupation on Enlistment –   Forest  Ranger.

Next of Kin on Enlistment –   Mother-  Mrs  Hurst,  Uhr  Street,  Boyanup,  W. A.

 

Religion –   Church  of  England.

Embarkation Details –   From  Fremantle  on  1  April  1916  on  HMAT  A38  “  Ulysses  “.

Returned  to  Australia

Date –   26  July  1919.

Date of Death- 7/02/1923

Age at Death –  41.

Burial Location / Commemoration Details – Boyanup Cemetery WA, Church of England, Section E, Grave No. 7.

Panel Number, Roll of Honour (Australian War Memorial) – N/A.

December  1917 –  Reported  wounded,  gunshot  to  head.  April  1918 –  Gunshot  wound  to  left  thigh.  Embarked  from  Egypt  26  July  1919.  Discharged  from  Army  on  9  October  1919.