Henry (Harry) TRAHAIR

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TRAHAIR, Henry

Service Number:	2819
Enlisted:	7 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Eaglehawk, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Compositor
Died:	Died of wounds, Rouen, France, 7 May 1917
Cemetery:	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Block P, Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 8A, St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2819, 21st Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
5 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2819, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Moldavia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2819, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Moldavia, Melbourne
24 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
15 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2819, 7th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Lagnicourt
5 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2819, 7th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), GSW to both legs (fractured). Evacuated to 6th General Hospital at Rouen, where he died of his wounds two days late on 7 May 1917.
7 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 2819, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2819 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-07

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Pte 2819 Harry Trahair was wounded 5 May 1917 at Second Bullecourt (GSW to both legs - fractured). He was evacuated to the 6th General Hospital at Rouen, however gangrene had already set in and he died at Rouen of his wounds two days later on 7 May 1917.

Commemorated in Bendigo Cemetery, Victoria.

Parents: Thomas (d. 25 July 1912, aged 66; bu. Bendigo) and Mary Ann (d. 5 February 1914, aged 66; bu. Bendigo) TRAHAIR

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