Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Hingston, Eric Stanley

Born 27^th October 1895 Deloraine Tasmania the eldest son of Councillor Edmund Tasman and Fanny Matilda Hingston (nee Stratton) he embarked Hobart 1^st July 1916 on board “HMAT Berrima” with the 40^th Infantry Battalion.

He was killed in action 14^th May 1917 at Messines whilst in charge of a bombing post in a front line trench on the Western front and is commemorated in the Strand Military Cemetery, Belgium.

On Monday evening last the sad news was conveyed to Mr. E T. Hingston of Moltema that his son Private Eric Stanley Hingston had been killed in action on May 14. Private Hingston who went away with a Tasmanian Battalion had been in the fighting in France since November last. Notwithstanding the trying time in the trenches during the past winter owing to the extreme cold, he had made up to 13 stone in weight, although only 21 years of age.

The Examiner 4^th June 1917

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