Harry Laffer SWINBURNE MID

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SWINBURNE, Harry Laffer

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	16 July 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tylden, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Gisborne, Macedon Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	Melbourne University
Occupation:	High School Teacher
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 2 March 1917
Cemetery:	Bancourt British Cemetery Plot VII, Row C, Grave 11
Memorials:	Colac Agricultural High School Honour Roll, Gisborne St. Paul's Anglican Church Great War Roll of Honour, Gisborne State School Honour Roll, Gisborne War Memorial, Parkville Old State College Memorial Windows, Warragul High School Great War Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

16 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 19th Infantry Battalion
14 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, Officer, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 29th Infantry Battalion
25 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion
9 Apr 1917:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches

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Biography contributed

Harry Laffer SWINBURNE was born in Tylden in Victoria in 1887

His parents were Charles Frederick SWINBURNE & Charlotte FLEMING

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