CHADWICK, Henry William
| Service Number: | 1179 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 11 October 1891 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tram Conductor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 January 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Quarry Cemetery, Montauban |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 1179, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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| 27 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 1179, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 11 Jan 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 1179, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1179 awm_unit: 1st Australian Divisional Ammunition Column awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-01-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Henry CHADWICK, (Service Number 1179) was born on 11th October 1891 at Brunswick, Victoria. He had a brief career with the NSW Government Railways and Tramways. He was a tram conductor in Sydney from April 1914. He was released to join the Expeditionary Forces on 17th August 1914.
He was killed in action at the Dardanelles on 19th May 1915. He was buried in Shrapnel Valley by the Rev. McKenzie on the day of his death.
Post-war reconstruction of the battlefields and gravesites did enable the precise location of some graves. Many exhumations were made to concentrate cemeteries into more defined and manageable areas. Henry Chadwick’s remains were identified and they do now rest under the standard headstone which is his memorial at Anzac.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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