Henry James Clifton FOREMAN

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FOREMAN, Henry James Clifton

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	9 May 1917
Last Rank:	Chaplain
Last Unit:	Australian Army Chaplains' Department
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 9 October 1876
Home Town:	Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Maitland High School and the University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Methodist Minister
Died:	Natural causes, Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 23 January 1940, aged 63 years
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales
Memorials:	Maitland High School Roll of Honour

Boer War Service

21 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sydney for South Africa.
4 May 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Chaplain, 3rd New South Wales Imperial Bushmen
4 Jul 1902:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Chaplain, 3rd New South Wales Imperial Bushmen, RMS Ormuz, Tilbury, England for return to Australia by private passage - disembarking Sydney 16 August 1902.

World War 1 Service

9 May 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Australian Army Chaplains' Department
10 May 1917:	Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
10 May 1917:	Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
15 Nov 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Australian Army Chaplains' Department, RMS Ormonde, England for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 29 December 1919
20 Feb 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Australian Army Chaplains' Department

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Served as a Chaplin in the Boer War for 18 months

Diamond Jubilee Celebrations
Visit of the Rev. H. J. C.Foreman, MA

Madged Methodists are fortunate in securing the services of the Rev.H. J. C. Foreman, M.A Superintendent of the Central Methodlst Mission, as the special preacher, for the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations to be held on Sunday and Monday next, March 30 and 31. He is one of the outstanding men of New South Wales Methodism. In all, he has been associated with Methodist headquarters for 11 years, 6 years as colleague of the Rev. W. G.Taylor, founder of the mission, one year with the Rev. S. J. Hobaa, now of Wesley Church, Melbourne, and 3 years as superintendent. His other appointments were Uralla, William Street, City., and Manly. He also served as a chaplain in the Boer War and again in the late war, attaining the rank of Major In the Commonwealth Military Forces he is gazetted as a permanent Chaplain. His power as a preacher is well known even outside his own connection, his sermons published weekly in 'The Greeting, 'the official organ of the C.M.M. being read with interest throughout the length and breadth of New South Wales.

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative Thursday 27 March 1924

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