PRICE, Harold Charles
| Service Number: | 5076 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, January 1899 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1969, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1917: | Involvement Private, 5076, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1917: | Embarked Private, 5076, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Background to the Serviceman
Harold Charles Price was born in London, England in 1899 sometime during the month of January. This made Harold 18 years and 1 month old at his time of enlistment on the 20 February 1917. His occupation before the war was a storeman. He was a migrant from England who travelled to Norwood, South Australia. At the time of enlistment his marital status was a single male with no children. Harold’s next of kin was his father Charles Price, who migrated with him to Australia. Harold’s religion was a Methodist which is typical for someone from England as Methodism as a religion derives from Protestantism. The unit he was assigned to when enlisting was the 32nd Battalion, 14th Reinforcement, this meant that Harold had to travel to Melbourne before being shipped to the Western Front.
Life on the Western Front
Norwood, South Australia is where he enlisted for the war in the year 1917. He was transferred to Melbourne to train before travelling to Cairo to train further. His unit was then called in as the 14th Reinforcement to his Battalion. His unit was called in to Fricourt as the Battalions numbers were depleting.
During the war, Private Harold began to suffer from cases of Pneumonia and Gastritis, this led to Harold travelling in and out of hospital. Although Harold did contract illnesses he never lost any teeth throughout his time fighting for the Australian Army.
After the war was over in November 1918, Private Harold’s Battalion stayed in Europe until 15th May 1919. Harold returned to Australia and decided to live in Melbourne instead of returning to Adelaide. He lived in Melbourne to the age of 70, where he was buried in Springvale Cemetery.
Bibliography
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Memorial, T. (2018). Private Harold Charles Price. [online] Awm.gov.au. Available at: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10928680 [Accessed 5 Apr. 2018].
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