NAGEL, Harry
| Service Number: | 1861 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Violet Town, Victoria, Australia, 13 October 1887 |
| Home Town: | North Perth, Vincent, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers College, Perth, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Business Manager |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Passchendale, Belgium, 17 October 1917, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Belgium Plot IV Row C Grave 13 |
| Memorials: | Euroa Telegraph Park |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 31 Oct 1914: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant (CQMS), 1861, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' |
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| 31 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant (CQMS), 1861, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Fremantle | |
| 17 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 11th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-10-17 |
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"...Lieutenant Harry Nagel, 11th Field Artillery Brigade, of North Perth, WA. Lt Nagel was a business manager before enlisting on 17 August 1914. He embarked from Fremantle on 31 October 1914, on HMAT Medic, as Quartermaster Sergeant with the 8th Battery of the 3rd Field Artillery brigade, regimental number 1861. After serving on Gallipoli, he was transferred to 112th Battery, 24th Howitzer Brigade. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 August 1916, and transferred to 111th Battery, 11th Field Artillery Brigade on 25 January 1917. On 22 July 1917 he was wounded in Belgium and evacuated to hospital in Le Havre; on 3 August 1917 he rejoined his unit in Belgium. On 17 October 1917 he was killed in action in Belgium: while returning along the duckboard walk from Zonnebeke to the battery position near Kit and Kat Ridge, he was hit by a shell. He was mentioned in despatches dated 7 November 1917." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Harry NAGEL was born on 13th October, 1887 in Violet Town, Victoria
His parents were John Henry Louis NAGEL & Emily BARNES
Harry married Ethel SYMONS in 1913 in Perth, Western Australia
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