Harold Reginald KOCH MC

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Service Numbers:	557, 567, 276393
Enlisted:	30 September 1914, Brisbane. Qld.
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rockhampton, Qld., 25 August 1887
Home Town:	Gladstone, Gladstone, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	24 March 1956, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Banana War Memorial, Laidley Memorial Park Gates, Shire of Banana Roll of Honour

30 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 557, 15th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane. Qld.
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Sergeant, 567, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Sergeant, 567, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''

23 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 276393

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Son of B T W Koch, Royal Bank, Laidley, Queensland

Harold was working on the Barefields Station via Gladstone when he enlisted.

Military Cross

Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 103
Date: 29 June 1917

Buried on his Plantatiuon "Aliwa" near Kandrian Territory Gasmata. Island of New Britain

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