Henry Clinton FOSS MiD

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Service Number:	404
Enlisted:	24 October 1914, Guildford, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia
Schooling:	Perth Boys' School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 3 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Memorials:	Bruce Rock District WW1 Roll of Honour, Kellerberrin RSL Honour Roll, Kellerberrin War Memorial, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Subiaco Municipal Honour Roll, Subiaco Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

24 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Guildford, Western Australia
17 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, 404, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Surada embarkation_ship_number: A52 public_note: ''
17 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, 404, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Surada, Fremantle
21 Aug 1915:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, "For gallantry (when he) volunteered to bomb Turks from barricade on Kaiajik Aghala. (He) held on for 31 hours and repulsed 3 Turkish attacks on the barricade."
3 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-05-03

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