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218293 Dvr. Hubert Ernest "Bert" Dines British Army Q Battery Royal Horse Artillery from:Over, Cambs (d.23rd Mar 1918) My Great Uncle Hubert Dines was born in Over, Cambridgeshire on 5th January 1885 the second son of Robert and Elizabeth (Bessie) Dines. Bert emigrated on 9th April 1914 to Australia on board the S.S. Ballarat, departing from the Port of London. The ship would have called at Las Palmas, Capetown and Adelaide en route to Sydney. No sooner had he arrived war was declared and he enlisted in Melbourne on 11th August 1914 for service as a driver in the Royal Horse Artillery(Imperial Reservists.)He sailed along with 54 other men who had also enlisted in Australia for the RHA on the first ANZAC convoy which gathered at Albany, Western Australia and set sail on1st November 1914. Bert was aboard HMAT Miltiades which started to disembark in Egypt on 3rd December 1914. At some point after this he was sent to Gallipoli with either the 15th Brigade 'B' 'L' or 'Y' Battery. He was subsequently wounded and sent back to England. Burt re-enlisted with the RHA at Bury St. Edmonds No. 39646 and was attached to 'Q' Battery. He was killed on the 23rd March 1918, almost exactly four years to the day he had left for Australia. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**