DUMBRILL, Henry Walter Seymour
| Service Number: | 1134 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 October 1914, Morphettville, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Semaphore, South Australia, 2 December 1897 |
| Home Town: | Semaphore, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Le Fevers Peninsula Public School, Semaphore, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 August 1916, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
Courcelette British Cemetery Plot V, Row D, Grave no. 1, Courcelette British Cemetery, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT Themistocles | |
| 27 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1134, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1134, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 23 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, 1134, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1134 awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Bugler awm_died_date: 1916-08-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Henry Walter Seymour DUMBRILL was born on 2nd December, 1897 in Semaphore, South Australia
His parents were Herbert Seymour DUMBRILL and Emily JEFKINS
He was an engineers apprentice / labourer before he enlisted for WW1 at the age of 16 years and 11 months as a Bugler - he was previously a member of the 77th Battalion Military Cadets and left Australia for Egypt with the 10th Battalion, 1st reinforcements on 7th December 1914 on the HMAT Themistocles-
He spent two months at Gallipol before being evacuated with influenza and rejoined the battalion in England in February, 1916. Arriving in France for service on the Western Front in July 1916,
He was Killed in Action at Mouquet Farm, Pozieres on 23rd August, 1916 aged 18 years - he is buried in Courcelette British Cemetery in France & also memorialised at the Australian War Memorial & the Somme Roll of Honour
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Trove:
DUMBRILL - In loving memory of Bugler H W S DUMBRILL, 10th Battalion, Killed in France 23rd August, 1916
"His duty nobly done"
Inserted by his loving friend Millie
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The photo on his profile was taken in Australia in 1914 and is a studio portrait from the Australian War Memorial Photo Collection
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