POLLARD, Harry Lee
| Service Number: | 1757 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 March 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Ringwood, Maroondah, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Ringwood State School No 2997 |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France I G 13 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ringwood District Roll of Honour WW1, Ringwood I.O.R.S.U. Hope of Ringwood Tent Roll of Honour, Ringwood St. Paul's Anglican Church WWI Honour Board, Ringwood State School No 2997 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1757, 21st Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 16 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 1757, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 1757, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 1757, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1757 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Joseph and Emma Eliza Pollard, of "Lauriston", Wonga Rd., Ringwood, Victoria, Australia.
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAT HE DIE FOR HIS FRIENDS
POLLARD-FITZPATRICK-MASTERS.—In proud and loving memory of our dear son and brother, Corporal Harry Lee Pollard, and his comrade, Lance-Corporal W. J. Fitzpatrick (Anzacs), both of A Company, 24th Battalion, who were killed in action, Bullecourt, May 3, 1917; also our loved nephew and cousin, Sapper Harold Masters, 5th Field Engineers, killed in action, Bullecourt, May 6, 1917; also my dear husband and our dear father, Joseph Pollard, who died May 2, 1910.
To memory ever dear.
POLLARD.—In loving memory of Corporal Harry Lee Pollard, killed in action, Bullecourt, on 3rd May, 1917. An Anzac.
"He fought a good fight."
—(Inserted by his brother and sister, Rev. J. G. and Mrs. Pollard, The Vicarage, Coleraine.)
POLLARD.—In sad yet proud memory of Corporal Harry L. Pollard, killed in action at Bullecourt, May 3, 1917.
Always remembered by what he hath done.
—(Inserted by his loving fiancee, R. Whitchurch.)
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