AHLBRAND, Harold Gordon
| Service Number: | 4982 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 April 1917, Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hughenden, Queensland, Australia, 27 January 1899 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Central State School, Townsville, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, France, 29 March 1918, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, France Plot V, Row B, Grave 7, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4982, 31st Infantry Battalion, Brisbane | |
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| 14 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4982, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4982, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 4 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 41st Infantry Battalion | |
| 29 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4982, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4982 awm_unit: 41st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-03-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Harold Gordon AHLBRAND was born in Hughenden, Queensland on 27th January, 1899
His parents were Heinrich Rudolph AHLBRAND and Mary Ann CLIFF
He had previously served for 3 years & 9 months in the Senior Cadets before he enlisted in Brisbane on 28th April, 1917 and embarked with the 31st Infantry Battalion, 14th reinforcements on 14th June 1917 from Sydney on the HMAT Hororata - he transferred to the 41st Infantry Battalion on 4th January 1918
Harold was wounded and died from his wounds on 29th March, 1918 in France and is buried in the Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension, Plot V, Row B, Grave 7
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial-
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His brother Norman Henry Joseph Leslie AHLBRAND (SN 6026) also served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919
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