POWELL, Henry Herman
| Service Number: | 2068 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | 4th Division Artillery |
| Born: | Guildford, Western Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Armadale, Armadale, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Armadale Primary School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Armadale, Western Australia, 16 February 1982, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Armadale Roll of Honor, Armadale War Memorial, Kelmscott-Armadale Parish Roll of Honour, Port Hedland Pilbarra Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2068, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 16 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 2068, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 2068, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Warilda, Fremantle | |
| 28 Jun 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 4th Division Artillery | |
| 4 Jun 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Bombardier, 2068, 4th Division Artillery , per Bremer | |
| 7 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Bombardier, 2068, 4th Division Artillery |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Harry - born in 1893 in Guildford WA - grew up on a farm in Wongan, Armadale WA. The third of eight children, Harry's parents Fredrick Elijah Powell (b1864 in Norfolk, England) and Minnie Amelia Mears (b1873 in London, England) married in 1889 in Guildford WA. They settled at Wongan in Armadale WA where they farmed cattle, oats, barley and vegetables. Frederick had been a Shepherd/Farm Labourer in Norfolk and 'He worked like a horse. Yeah, he had nothing ...' (Percy Powell: Transcript 1992). Harry attended Armadale Primary School with his two older brothers, and with no Doctor locally, all children were birthed by a Midwife and Minnie attended to any medical emergencies -'Mum had a great big medical book, she used to go by that' (Percy Powell; 1992). All travel and shopping was done with a horse and sulky, and in 1903 Frederick won the Armadale ploughing competition with the straightest and neatest ploughing.
Harry worked as a Police Constable in Port Hedland WA - 'He was up there on his own with a blacktracker in the early days' brother Percy said in an Interview in 1992 (Bertwhistle Local Studies Library).
In September 1915 Harry was a Farmhand/Labourer in Armadale WA when he enlisted in the AIF (Service No:2068). He served in France with 10th Light Horse Regiment and was a Bombardier with 4th Divisional Artillery when he was Discharged in September 1919. Brothers Freddy and Bert also served in WWI.
Harry returned to Armadale WA where he worked as a Labourer. He died in 1982 and his ashes were 'scattered to the wind at Fremantle Cemetery' (Metropolitan Cemeteries Board WA).