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NEEDHAM, Harry Stafford Miller
| Service Number: | 760 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Port McDonald, South Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Renmark, Renmark Paringa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | 8 October 1972, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Bridgewater Honour Roll, Men from Renmark and District Roll of Honor Boards (4) |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1st Remount Unit (AIF) | |
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| 12 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 760, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 760, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 760, 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Heathfield High School
Needham was born in Pt MacDonald, South Australia in 1885. At some stage he moved to Renmark in the South Australian Riverland where he worked as a Horticulturalist. He married Mrs Rose Matilda Needham and was living with her in Renmark prior to his enlistment
Needham signed up for the army on October 8th, 1915 when he was 31. His physical description on his Attestation Paper was that he was 5 feet and 10 inches. He was 134 pounds, had a chest measurement of 31.35 inches, fair complexion, blue eyes, and brown hair.
His service number was 760 and fought as a Private. He was in the 1st Remount Unit of the 4th Divisional Ammunition Column and served on the Western Front. He was transferred to the 10th Field Artillery Brigade 13th April 1917. During his service he suffered from numerous colds and was hospitalised with Bronchitis in late 1917.
He was repatriated back to Australia medically unit disembarking 22nd May 1918 and was discharged 19th July 1918.
He died on 8th of October 1972 and his cemetery is Centennial Park South Australia his memorials are Bridgewater Honour Roll, Men from Renmark and District Roll of Honour Boards.
ANZAC Spirit
ANZAC spirit is the endurance, courage, ingenuity, good humour and mateship that the ANZACs made for their country. It is the spirit that kept them going and how they dedicated their life to fight for their country. They followed any order they were given, even if it was suicidal, and they did it for their country, they did it with pride and they did it so we could live freely in Australia. Their ANZAC spirit carried them onto the battlefield and made them sacrifice their life for Australia.
Anzac Broach
Anzac spirit is still carried on to today and all Australians feel the Anzac spirit and commemorate to remember the countless lives that were sacrificed for Australia and it is so important to not forget that they threw their lives to fight for Australia and we would not be the country we are without them. All Australians and New Zealanders have the Anzac spirit in their heart and will never forget the Anzacs.
“The Spirit of ANZAC is invincible. It is the flame that burns forevermore in the heart of every true Australian and New Zealander. Today we stand safe and free, clothed with all the privileges and rights of citizens in these great free countries.” (ANZAC Day commemoration committee)
Needham was an ANZAC and had the ANZAC spirit to leave his family and home life to go and fight overseas in harsh conditions to fight with for Australia with pride. He fought on the front line with courage, continued fighting through his illnesses and struggle with endurance, had strong ingenuity, mateship, and good humour.
ANZAC spirit is more than being a soldier, it is the spirit that lives inside every Australian and New Zealander, that it courageous, and endurant, ingenuity, good humoured and has a strong sense of mateship
Bibliography
National Archives of Australia. (1914). NEEDHAM Harry Stafford Miller: Service Number - 760 : Place of Birth - Pt MacDonald SA : Place of Enlistment - Adelaide SA : Next of Kin - (Wife) NEEDHAM Rose Matilda. [online] Available at: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=7994580&S=12&R=0 [Accessed 30 May 2024].
www.awm.gov.au. (n.d.). Anzac spirit | The Australian War Memorial. [online] Available at: https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/encyclopedia/anzac/spirit#:~:text=Anzac%20came%20to%20stand%20for.
www.awm.gov.au. (n.d.). Private Harry Stafford Miller Needham. [online] Available at: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10399582 [Accessed 30 May 2024].
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