Harry Lancelot TODD

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TODD, Harry Lancelot

Service Number:	2143
Enlisted:	8 April 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 5 May 1893
Home Town:	Arncliffe, Rockdale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Confectioner
Died:	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 17 November 1969, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Mortdale War Memorial, Municipality of Hurstville Pictorial Honour Roll No 2

World War 1 Service

8 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2143, 33rd Infantry Battalion
24 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2143, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2143, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney

Harrower Collection by David Harrower ACM 16th August, 2018

Born: 5th May 1893. Redfern via New South Wales, Australia. Birth Cert:31060/1893.

Married: 1932. Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Marriage:15454/1932.

Wife: Ivy May Todd. nee: Watson. (01.01.1903-1981)

Died: 17th November 1969. Newtown via Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Death Cert:41291/1969.

Father: William John Todd. (18..-1928)

Mother: Alice Matilda Todd. nee: Chandler. (18..-1900)

INFORMATION

Harry Lancelot Todd enlisted with the 3rd Reinforcements, 33rd Battalion AIF and was allocated to B Company at the Rutherford Army Camp. Harry proceeded from Farley Station by train to Sydney with the 33rd Battalion where they embarked on board HMAT A11 "Anchises" on the 24th August 1916 and disembarked at Devonport, England on the 11th October. The 33rd were marched in the the Durrington Army Camp at Larkhill and spent the next month in training before departed from Southampton, England on the 21st November 1916 at 4:30 pm and traveled by paddle steamer ‘Mona Queen’ to France arriving November 22, 1916 at 7:00 am in Le Havre. The Battalion moved in to the No:1 Rest Camp just in time for the onset of the terrible winter of 1916-17.

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