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OFFER, Harry Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 78 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 March 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 1 |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, 17 December 1892 |
| Home Town: | Glenferrie, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse Breaker |
| Died: | Victoria, 30 June 1978, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Altona Memorial Park, Victoria Rose Garden, Garden Bed 37, Section IR, Position 17. Cremation service held on 4 July 1978 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 78, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 4 Jun 1915: | Involvement Chief Petty Officer, 78, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Jun 1915: | Embarked Chief Petty Officer, 78, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, HMAT Port Macquarie, Melbourne | |
| 12 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, From 1st Royal Australian Bridging Train | |
| 13 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Battery Sergeant Major, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , From 22nd Howitzer | |
| 5 Mar 1918: | Honoured Meritorious Service Medal (MSM), This Warrant Officer has been B.S.M. for the 108th Battery since its formation. He has been an exceptionally able and devoted soldier, and his service in the making of a new battery into a successful fighting unit, have been of the greatest value. He has been frequently brought to notice for his excellent administrative work, and has shown great coolness and determination on several occasions when the Wagon Lines have been shelled, and in bringing up ammunition under fire, particularly at Messines, Nieuport, and recently at Ypres. He was mentioned in despatches in London Gazette No. 29661, of 13th July, 1916. He was specially mentioned in Second Australian Division. Commonwealth Gazette, 110 on 25 July 1918 | |
| 9 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 1, 78, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Husband of Mrs Roseable Caroline Offer of Lynch Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 27 April 1919 aboard HT Runic disembarking on 10 June 1919
Medals: Mention in Despatches, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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