Informationen zu Geburt

Geburtsjahr:
1892
Geburtsort:
Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Allgemeine Informationen

Beruf:
Baker

Informationen zum Armeedienst

Land:
Australia
Truppe:
Australian Imperial Force
Rang:
Sergeant
Dienstnummer:
896
Einberufung datum:
10/01/1915
Einberufung ort:
Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Einheiten:
 —  Australian Infantry, 20th Bn. (New South Wales)  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Informationen zu Tod

Sterbedatum:
20/09/1917
Sterbeort:
Hanebeek Wood, Belgien
Todesursache:
Im Kampf gefallen
Alter:
25

Begräbnisplatz

Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood
Grabstelle: XXV
Reihe: C
Grab: 2

Auszeichnungen und Orden 2

British War Medal
Medaille
Victory Medal
Medaille

Punkte von Interesse 2

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Meine Geschichte

Sergeant Michael Patrick Hart served in the Australian Infantry 20th Battalion, “C” Company, part of the 5th Australian Brigade, of the 2nd Australian Division. The 2nd Australian Division participated in the Battle of the Menin Road (20-25 September 1917), a stage in the Third Battle of Ypres. The 5th Australian Brigade attacked with the 20th Battalion and the 18th Battalion in support; the 17th and 26th Battalions were in reserve.
Moments before the allied artillery barrage opened, the German artillery started shelling the jump-off lines of the 20th Australian Battalion. At 5.40 a.m. the allied artillery barrage came down, followed by the advancing Battalions. When the 20th Battalion crossed the Westhoek Ridge the German barrage came down heavily on them, causing several casualties. Nevertheless the attack went on and the Battalion only encountered slight resistance, from a line of old concrete artillery shelters, causing a slight hold up. By 7.24 a.m. the allied barrage crept over the ridge above Hanebeek Wood, and the men went on to the first objective and captured it around 7.30 a.m. Thusly the 20th Battalion had gained its objective and started to consolidate the line. For several hours their positions on the ridge were heavily shelled.
Enemy shelling was intermittent throughout the day and the next one, but the men held the line. The night was quit and the 20th Battalion was relieved from the frontline by the 19th Battalion on the following day.
Sergeant Michael Patrick Hart was killed in action on the 20th of September 1917, during the Battle of Menin Road. He was buried in the field along the Hanebeek stream, just south of Hanebeek Wood. His remains were exhumed after the war and were interred in Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood.

Dateien 2

Quellen 4

20th Australian Infantry Battalion, (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM4 23/37/26).
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1338583
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Australian War Memorial
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10239242
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First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), B2455, HART M P).
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/BasicSearch.aspx.
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McCarthy C., The Third Ypres Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account, (London, Arms & Armour Press, 1995), pg. 72-75.
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