NYE, Harry
| Service Number: | 6373 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Leigh, near Tonbridge, Kent, England, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Gnowangerup, Gnowangerup, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sheep Station Worker |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 21 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery His grave is unmarked but he is known to be buried there and he is commemorated by Special Memorial 1. Alongside Plot 32. He was 29., Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 6373, 28th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 6373, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
After a brief period in the Kings Royal Rifles, he went with his father to Australia in 1909. Harry and his father soon parted however, and he ended up working on a sheep station in Gnowangerup in Western Australia. He worked on this station, Jackadup, for some time and became part of the family, as in his will, he left all his possessions to the station manager and his wife Thomas and Annie Taylor.
He joined up on 3rd October 1916 and left from Freemantle on 29th December 1916.
He was wounded in action on 29th September 1917, taken to a Canadian casualty clearing station and died of his wounds the next day, 21st September 1917.
He is remembered on the Kemsing War Memorial-Kemsing is near Sevenoaks in Kent. The War Memorial is situated in the centre of the Village. It was designed by Sir Mark Collet’s architect Mr Godfrey Pinkerton and was built with voluntary labour and money raised by public subscription. It was dedicated by Lord Sackville on Easter Saturday March 26th 1921.
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