Harry Edgar NEWTON DCM

NEWTON, Harry Edgar

    Service Numbers: 2726, 2762
    Enlisted: 22 July 1915, Liverpool
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 5th Machine Gun Battalion
    Born: Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 13 March 1895
    Home Town: Glebe, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Coppersmith
    Died: Natural causes, Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia, 16 September 1969, aged 74 years
    Cemetery: Braidwood Cemetery, New South Wales
    Memorials: Glebe Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    22 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2726, 20th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool
    2 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 2762, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    2 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 2762, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    16 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion
    10 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Machine Gun Company
    29 Sep 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Machine Gun Company
    10 Oct 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 14th Machine Gun Company
    1 Feb 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 14th Machine Gun Company
    2 Mar 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Battalion
    4 Mar 1918: Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty whilst in reserve for five days in September 1917 at Glencorse Wood, east of Hooge, during which time the enemy shelling was intense and his section suffered heavy casualties including all NCOs. He immediately rallied the remainder of his men and kept up supplies of ammunition, water and rations to the front line.
    15 May 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, HT Orontes, Devonport for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 1 July 1919
    23 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Battalion

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