Hackworthy, Harold George

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M.C., M.A. : Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Battn., A.I.F. France. Enlisting 1st July, 1915, and sailing 9th October with 11th Reinforcements 7th Battn., was transferred to M.G. Section in Egypt. Served with 15th M.G. Coy. in France from June, 1916, till the Armistice except for eight months in hospital through injury and was slightly wounded at Fleurbaix, 25th July. Commissioned "In the Field ", 9th August. Awarded M.C.* for work at Harbonnieres and Mentioned in Despatches. Early education at Newcastle Collegiate School. Later graduate of Baptist Theological College and member of King's College, London, and University of Melbourne. * "He maintained close liaison with the infantry during the advance, and when they were held up he brought into action his own four guns, besides two other Vickers guns and a Hotchkiss, and silenced the enemy machine-gun fire, enabling the infantry to advance."—London Gazette, 7th November, 1918.

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1891

Birth in Newcastle -- NSW, Australia 1891
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Early education at Newcastle Collegiate School, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
1915

Enlisted 1 Jul 1915
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Military service as Lieutenant at France --, France
1916

Military award: M.C. Military Cross on 1916
1920

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1920
1920

Ordained as a Minister 1920
1921

Minister at South Yarra -- VIC, Australia 1921
1923

Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1923
1924

Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1924
1925

Minister at Burnley --, England 1925
1929

Minister at Hobart -- TAS, Australia 1929
1948

Minister at Canberra -- ACT, Australia 1948
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on
1953

Death in Uralla -Repatriation Hospital- NSW, Australia 11 August 1953

Gender

Male

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