LACEY, Harry
| Service Number: | 3815 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1916, Potential underage enlistment? |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Chardstock, England., December 1897 |
| Home Town: | Boort, Loddon, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Holditch Manor Church of England School, Dorset, England |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood Plot XVIII. Row C. Grave 5. INSCRIPTION R.I.P. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boort Fallen Comrades Pictorial Honour Roll, Boort Soldiers War Memorial, Boort Yando District WWI Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3815, 29th Infantry Battalion, Potential underage enlistment? | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 3815, 29th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 3815, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Official records state he was 20 but in fact he was only 17.
Births Dec 1900 Lacey Harry Chard 5c 353.
The family believe that Harry went to Australia to join up as he was under age. Harry had followed his elder brother, James, to fight in the A.I.F. James survived WW1. Harry’s brother, George had descendants living in Hawkchurch until 2005. In 1901 the Lacey family lived at Holditch which is a small hamlet bordering on the village.
He was a son of Charles Absalom Lacey and Elizabeth Lacey, of "Sudkaye",[Tudhaye], Hawkchurch, Axminster, Devonshire.
He enlisted at Boort, Victoria, Australia.
He is remembered on the Hawkchurch War Memorial. Hawkchurch is near Axminster in Devon. The memorial stands on a green and is in the form of a Calvary Cross mounted on a plinth standing on a large triple stepped base. The plaque commemorating those who fell was added to the memorial in 2004. Originally the memorial contained no names, the names existed, and still exist, on a board in the local parish church.
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