Henry Chatfield GJEDSTED

GJEDSTED, Henry Chatfield

    Service Number: 2049
    Enlisted: 11 January 1915, Enlisted at Sydney
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Sydney, New South Wales, 1881
    Home Town: Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Theatrical Manager
    Died: Died of Wounds - head and humerus bone, 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, France, 6 May 1917
    Cemetery: Grevillers British Cemetery
    Plot 1V, Row B, Grave 1, Grevillers British Cemetery, Grevillers, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney St. James Anglican Church Roll of Honor WWI
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    World War 1 Service

    11 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2049, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney
    25 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 2049, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    25 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 2049, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
    15 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2049, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bomb wound to the thigh. Boarded on 19 August 1915 HS Scotian Imbros for evacuation to Heliopolis on 25 August 1915. Then embarked for Australia for change
    9 Sep 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2049, Re-embarked for return to Western Front (after wounding and change) aboard Euripides
    9 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 2049, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    9 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 2049, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    5 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2049, Shell wound to cranium and a fracture humerus

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Husband of Mildred Augusta Gjedsted of 35 Denison Raod, Waverley, NSW. Father of Mildred Mary Gjedsted of Simpson Street, Bondi, NSW and Henry Ernest Gjedsted

    Formerly treasurer for J.C. Williamson Ltd.

    Commemorated on the St James Church Honour Roll, Sydney NSW.

    Inscription on the Honour Roll reads:
    He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it." Matthew 10:39. In memory of those associated with St James' Church who gave their lives in the Great War.

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