Harry Drysdale GRAHAM

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GRAHAM, Harry Drysdale

Service Number:	1721
Enlisted:	19 May 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Doncaster, Manningham, Victoria
Schooling:	Brunswick East State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 30 June 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

19 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1721, 23rd Infantry Battalion
16 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 1721, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 1721, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
30 Jun 1916:	Involvement Corporal, 1721, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1721 awm_unit: 23 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-06-30

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Harry was killed by a shell during a raid on the German trenches. He was mortally wounded and unable to be brought back to his own lines.

His brother Percy Eric Graham enlisted in NSW and was killed at the landing on Gallipoli 26 April 1915. Harry also had a stepson killed in action (his wife had been previously married), 3227 Pte W.H. Rust 59th Battalion KIA at Ypres Belgium 1917.

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