BULLEN, Henry John Stanley
| Service Number: | 913 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Walthamstow, Essex, England, 29 April 1895 |
| Home Town: | Carnarvon, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Mt Helena, Western Australia, 12 August 1928, aged 33 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Carnarvon War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 913, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Driver, 913, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Driver, 913, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle | |
| 4 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 913, 28th Infantry Battalion, embarked from Alexandria for Gallipoli Peninsular per HT Knight Templar | |
| 3 Mar 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 913, 28th Infantry Battalion, from England for RTA per HT Euripides (trench fever) | |
| 7 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 913, 28th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Driver Henry John Stanley Bullen (Service No: 913) enlisted as a Private on 26 April 1915 with 12th Infantry Battalion. Private Bullen was attached to 28th Infantry Battalion when he embarked from Fremantle for Alexandria on 29 June 1915 on board HMAT A11 Ascanius. Private Bullen served at Gallipoli Peninsula before serving in France in 1916. He was hospitalised in England with Trench Fever, and embarked for the RTA on 3 March 1919 on the HT Euripedes. Driver Bullen was Discharged on 7 July 1919.
Born in 1895 in Essex England, Harry was the second of three children of Henry Richard Bullen (b1866 in London, England) and Amelia Dellow (b1866 in Hertforshire, England). Henry (a Railways Worker) and Amelia (a Fancy Trimmings Maker) married in 1891 in London, England where they raised their family and Henry was a Porter and Coal Porter.
Harry started work as a Railways Clerk in 1912 in Glynde, Sussex and immigrated in 1914, arriving in Fremantle WA on board the Orvieto. Harry worked in Carnarvon WA as a Stockman before enlisting in the AIF in 1915, returning to the region following his Discharge in 1919 and working at Millbourne Station in Roebourne as a Station Hand. In 1925 Harry was a Labourer in Perth when he married Ethel Mary Crouch (b1902 in Perth, WA). Harry was Owner and Publican of the Mt Helena Tavern in Mundaring WA when he died in 1928. Ethel died in 1935.