Harry Foster MIDGLEY

MIDGLEY, Harry Foster

    Service Number: 3414
    Enlisted: 14 August 1915
    Last Rank: Gunner
    Last Unit: 11th Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1894
    Home Town: Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
    Schooling: State School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Died: Died of wounds, Godewaersvelde, France, 2 August 1917
    Cemetery: Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, Nord Pas de Calais, France
    Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 2
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Central School Honor Roll, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo St John's Church of England Roll of Honor, North Bendigo State School No 1267 Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3414, 14th Infantry Battalion
    11 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 3414, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
    11 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 3414, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
    17 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Egypt
    17 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Gunner
    15 Jun 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 24th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, France
    8 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 3414, 24th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Mouquet Farm
    25 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 11th Field Artillery Brigade
    6 Jun 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 3414, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Battle of Messines, GSW to left ear. Evacuated to hospital. Rejoined unit 29 June 1917.
    1 Aug 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 3414, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , GSW to right arm, leg, chest and back sustained at Dickebusch. Evacuated to 41st CCS at Godewaersvelde, where he died of his wounds the next day 2 August 1917.

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Wounded 1 August 1917 (GSW to right arm, leg, chest and back) at Dickebusch. Evacuated to 41st CCS at Godewaersvelde, where he died of his wounds the next day 2 August 1917.

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