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DEACON, Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1089 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 September 1914, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hardwick, Manchester, Lancashire, England, 1869 |
| Home Town: | Chatswood, Willoughby, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial, Row A, Grave 7 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1089, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1089, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1089, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 3 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli | |
| 5 May 1915: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Exact of recommendation is unknown but was between 25 April and 5 May 1915 and was awarded for conspicuous gallantry while removing wounded from the trenches while under fire London Gazette, Supplement Number 29354 on 5 November 1915; Commonwealth Gazette Number 12 on 27 January 1916. | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 1089, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1089 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-06 |
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Address at the time of enlistment was C/- F. Woodhouse of Parks Avenue, Chatswood, NSW
Medals: Mentioned in Despatches, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal