DUCKWORTH, Harold Leslie
| Service Numbers: | 4, NX119789 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 August 1915, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Pay Corps (AMF) |
| Born: | Sydney, NSW, 23 August 1895 |
| Home Town: | Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Woollahra Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Sutherland WW1 Memorial Wall |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Quartermaster Sergeant, 4, Sydney, NSW |
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World War 2 Service
| 24 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX119789, Australian Army Pay Corps (AMF) | |
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| 4 Jun 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX119789, Australian Army Pay Corps (AMF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
HAROLD LESLIE DUCKWORTH was born in Sydney, New South Wales, on 23rd August, 1889, the son of Mr. Arthur and Mrs. Matilda Duckworth. He was educated a t the Woollahra Grammar School under Mr. Andrew Gardiner, M.A.
Harald Duckworth entered the Bank’s service at the Head Office on 6th February, 1908; was transferred on 16th December, 1911, to Pitt Street Branch, as ledger-keeper, and left there to enlist in the A.I.F. in March, 1916. He joined the 34th Battalion, 3rd Division, as a private and won promotion to warrant-officer; his service extending to three years and eight months. With three others he received the congratulations of General Birdwood on his courage and devotion to duty in saving stores from the town of Hazebrouck while under bombardment.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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