Henry DEACON MID

DEACON, Henry

Service Number: 1089
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
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World War 1 Service

5 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1089, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW
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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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

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