HARVEY, William John
| Service Number: | 3574 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hodgson, Queensland, Australia, 23 April 1893 |
| Home Town: | Morven, Murweh, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carrier. |
| Died: | Morven, Queensland, Australia., 30 June 1963, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3574, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 3574, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Berry
Maroon area was one that unfortunately had one of the highest loss of life per enlistment/capita during WW1.
35 families - 42 men joined 17 killed. 8 sets of brothers & numerous cousins.
Ezra & Mary Ann Harvey lost 6 grandsons.
29/6/1916 Alex Watson. Kia. Buried La Chapelle D'Armentiers France.
29/7/1916 Percy William Cochrane. Died of wounds. Buried Puchevilliers France
15/3/1917 Simond George Harvey. Kia. Buried Buaulencourt France. (He enlisted at Morven)
5/4/1917 Evirson Wilsby Newlove. Kia at Armentiers. Buried Berks Belgium.
31/7/1917 John Watson. Kia Buried 29 The Ypres (Menin Gate) memorial Belgium.
15/4/1918 Henry George Ezra Newlove. Kia Buried Amiens France.
Grandson William John Harvey returned. He was a stretcher bearer)
Courtesy Lynn Bell