Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Hearps, Alfred John

Born 6^th March 1895 Forth Tasmania the only son of Alfred and Eva Alice Hearps (nee Russell) a clerk with the Mt Lyell Mining Company he departed Hobart with the rank of Sergeant 20^th October 1914 on board “HMAT Geelong” with the 12^th Infantry Battalion.

Lieutenant Hearps was hit in the back of the neck with a piece of shell 2x3 inches 19^th August 1918 which paralyzed him at Moquet Farm. Help could not get to him as the position had been taken by the Germans. He was listed as missing in action and nothing further was heard of him until his identification disc was collected by the 16^th Battalion in the middle of September.

Lieutenant Hearps had served at Gallipoli Egypt and France and was probably the first aboriginal officer in Australia. He is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France

Mr. A. Hearps, East-street Extended has received a telegram through the Mayor, Alderman M Enright informing him that his son, Second-lieutenant A. J. Hearps, has been wounded and is missing. Lieutenant Hearps enlisted as a private in Tasmania and has gone through the various non-commissioned ranks, the information that he had gained his commission being first known on the telegram being received on Saturday, Morning Bulletin Rockhampton 19^th September 1916

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