WOODMAN, Harold George
| Service Number: | 794 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 5 July 1915, D Company (original) |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 2 |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | South Yarra, Melbourne - Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 21 July 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St Martins Hawksburn HB |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 794, 31st Infantry Battalion, D Company (original) | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 794, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 2, 31st Infantry Battalion, Promoted prior to embarkation for France. | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 2, 794, 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 794 awm_unit: 31st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1916-07-21 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
Son of Charles Harold and Annie Woodman, of 10, Narong Rd.,
Caulfield, Victoria. Born at South Yarra, Victoria.
Embarked Melbourne, 9 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 7 December 1915.
Promoted Company Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer Class II), 2 June 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.
Killed in action, 21 July 1916? Querey?? 19/20 July
Notation on file (p. 33), 8 November 1917, 'Identity disc returned ex Euripides to NOK'.
Note on Red Cross File No 3010905: 'German Death list dated 4.11.16. Buried Fleurbaix Sheet 36 N.W. Cert by Capt. Spedding's List. Disc received from Germany and forwarded to N/K. 20.6.17.' File (p. 3) bears notation 'Buried in the vicinity of Fleurbaix Sh 36 NW'.
Like many others in the 8th Brigade, he fell behind the German lines and was subsequently buried by them in what has snce been discovered as the Pheasant Wood mass grave, thanks to the worl of Melbourne school teacher Lambros Eglesios, in 2008.
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Awarded: 1914/15 star, Britsh War Medal, Vctory Medal. Family issued with Commemorative Plaque ('Dead Man's Penny')
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