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Died: 13th October 1917. Killed in Action Passchendaele, Belgium.
Mother: Grace M Hinton. nee:..
Wilfred Frank Hinton enlisted on the 31st of July 1915 and was posted to D Company 33rd
Battalion AIF with the rank of Lieutenant and was an original member of the battalion. He left
Sydney on board HMAT A74 "Marathon" on the 4th of May 1916. Wlifred was promoted to the rank of
Captain. He was in Command of Forward Company 33rd Battalion when Wounded in Action.
27th October 1917.
Informant; Private: 2922 Victor Harold MACKIE I have heard Captain: Wilfred Frank HINTON (33rd Battalion
A Company) speak about Captain: Charles Henry LINKLATER (33rd Battalion C Company) who was missing one night. Some of our men
went out to take a strong point and got into difficulties. Captain: LINKLATER went out to find them and was lost. We all think he must be a prisoner.
I was not there myself and can not give the date or place.
3rd Southern General Hospital, Cowley Section, Oxford.
Wilfred was an single 28 year old Accountant from Wagga Wagga, New South Wales upon enlistment.
(Australian National Archives)
(BEAN; History of World War 1 vol IV page 921)
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