Harold SWIFT

SWIFT, Harold

    Service Number: 2019
    Enlisted: 1 December 1914
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 50th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Orroroo, South Australia, 29 May 1887
    Home Town: Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 8 April 1918, aged 30 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France
    Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Pirie Fathers of Sailors and Soldiers Association Port Pirie District Roll of Honor WW1, Port Pirie Oval WW1 Memorial Gates, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    1 Dec 1914: Enlisted
    1 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2019, Enlisted at Oaklands Park, SA
    20 Apr 1915: Involvement Private, 2019, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    20 Apr 1915: Embarked Private, 2019, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Adelaide
    12 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 10th Battalion to the 50th Battalion
    8 Apr 1918: Involvement Private, 2019, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2019 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-08

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    Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

    Son of Joseph Wright Swift and Emma Jane (nee Chapman) Swift of First Street, Port Pirie, SA. Stepson of Louisa(nee Young) Swift.

    Brother of Alfred Sidney Swift, Olive Lavinia Swift and Leona Maud Swift; half brother to Lillian May Swift, Herbert Wright Swift, Hannah Swift, Joseph Leslie Swift and Ida Swift

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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