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KAHLAND, Harold Detlef
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4226 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Gravel Hill State School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Stonemason |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4226, 6th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 29 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4226, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4226, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4226, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 14 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4226, 6th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm | |
| 23 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 15 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4226, 6th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Lagnicourt | |
| 11 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 6th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 29 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 6th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 6th Infantry Battalion, Belgium | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4226, 6th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4226, 6th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 4226, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4226 awm_unit: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Parents: Johann Detlef and Elizabeth Sarah KAHLAND, 169 King Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Cousins: 4190 Pte Leslie King FLY, 6th Bn, died of wounds, 10 August 1918; Corporal John Alan FLY MM, 6th Bn, returned to Australia, 12 May 1919.