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WHEELER, Harry Lambert Edward Dixon
Personal Details
Service Number: | N153354 |
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Enlisted: | 24 April 1916 |
Last Rank: | Major |
Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia, 10 July 1889 |
Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Hamilton Superior Public School and Maitland Boys’ High School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Solicitor |
Died: | Natural causes, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 25 December 1982, aged 93 years |
Cemetery: |
Newcastle Memorial Park, Beresfield, New South Wales Cremated, E C Court F/7 |
Memorials: | Maitland High School Roll of Honour, Mayfield Masonic Lodge St George 78, Merewether School of Arts Roll of Honour, Newcastle Surf Club Life Saving Brigade Honor Roll, Yeoval NSW Solicitors in WWI Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
24 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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2 May 1916: | Embarked Captain, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
2 May 1916: | Involvement Captain, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
12 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
28 Dec 1917: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
4 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Major, 34th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, GSW left knee (severe) | |
3 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Major, 34th Infantry Battalion, HT Prinz Hubertus, England for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 26 August 1919. | |
11 Jul 1919: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
14 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 34th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
26 Feb 1942: | Enlisted SN N153354, Camp Staff Officer (Newcastle) | |
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10 Dec 1943: | Discharged SN N153354, Lieutenant Colonel |
Non Warlike Service
1 Jan 1961: | Honoured Officer of the Order of the British Empire, For services to the community |
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