Harold Sydney John DEWHURST

DEWHURST, Harold Sydney John

Service Number: 18448
Enlisted: 14 January 1916, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 7th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 18 June 1896
Home Town: Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Killed in Action, France, 16 February 1918, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais
Plot 11, Row D, Grave 29 Headstone inscription reads: Out of the stress of doing into the peace of the done. R.I.P., Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

14 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 18448, Sydney, New South Wales
11 May 1916: Involvement Gunner, 18448, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
11 May 1916: Embarked Gunner, 18448, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
16 Feb 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 18448, 7th Field Artillery Brigade

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Harold and Claire M. Dewhurst of 'Womboin' 127 Queen Street, Woollahra, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal