HARROLD, George
| Service Number: | 3057 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 June 1915, Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Oakey, Queensland, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coal Miner |
| Died: | Natural causes, Gunnedah, New South Wales, 18 October 1951 |
| Cemetery: |
Gunnedah Cemetery, NSW |
| Memorials: | Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War, Oakey War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3057, 9th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3057, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3057, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion, Habeita, Egypt | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3057, 49th Infantry Battalion, 'Arcadian', Alexandria - disembarked Marseilles, June 12, 1916. | |
| 1 Sep 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3057, 49th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, GSW left shoulder. | |
| 5 Apr 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3057, 49th Infantry Battalion, 'Warwickshire' for return to Australia - arrived May 28, 1919. | |
| 28 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3057, 49th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Silver
A diminutive Queensland coal miner, just 5 feet 3 inches tall, George Harrold enlisted when he was just 19 years of age and sailed for the war zone in October 1915.
Drafted into the 49th Battalion, Private Harrold was wounded in the left shoulder in early September 1916 at Mouquet Farm, being one of 406 casualties (82 killed) the 49th suffered in just four days of fighting.
Private Harrold was hospitalised for almost four months as he underwent treatment at the 1st Southern General Hospital in London. Although he returned to his unit, he continued having problems with the wound for the rest of the war. He returned to Australia in May 1919.
After taking up his old job at Oakey, Queensland immediately following the war, George Harrold moved to Gunnedah, New South Wales during the mid 1920s to work at the Blackjack coal mine. In August 1928 he married a local girl, Hilda Jane Hogno and they had a son.
He contined to work at Blackjack, where he was a prominent member of the Miners' Lodge, until he was crushed between two skips in 1949. Although he eventually recovered, he died suddenly in 1951 at the age of 55.
Credit: RG McLean
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