LANDERS, Harold Douglas Markham
| Service Number: | 6116 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 August 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wyalong, New South Wales, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Smithfield, Fairfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Commercial School & Parramatta High School |
| Occupation: | Fitter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blacktown War Memorial, Smithfield St James Anglican Church Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6116, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 31 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6116, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6116, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Melbourne | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6116, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...6116 Private Harold Douglas Martin Landers, 22nd Battalion of Smithfield, NSW. A fitter prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Argyllshire (A8) on 31 October 1916. Initially, he was reported missing but later was declared to have died in action on 3 May 1917 during the second battle at Bullecourt, France, aged 20. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Harold Douglas Markham LANDERS was born in Wyalong, New South Wales in 1897
His parents were Harold LANDERS & Annie MARKHAM who married in Sydney in 1895
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