HAINSWORTH, Harold
| Service Number: | 3382 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Harsley Mt Leeds, Yorkshire, England, May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Narrogin, Narrogin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Broncho pneumonia, Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 19 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire Durrington Cemetery (Grave No. 223), Wiltshire, Durrington Cemetery, Durrington, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Narrogin War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3382, 5th Pioneer Battalion | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 3382, 6th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 3382, 7th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 3382, 6th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Fremantle | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 3382, 7th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Fremantle | |
| 19 Mar 1917: | Involvement Private, 3382, 5th Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3382 awm_unit: 5 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-03-19 |
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Died on this date - 19th March........Private Harold Hainsworth was born at Farsley, West Leeds, Yorkshire, England in 1891. He came to Australia when he was 18 years old (around 1909) & enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 24th October, 1916 as a 25 year old Labourer from East Narrogin, Western Australia.
Private Hainsworth arrived in England for further training on 16th February, 1917 & was posted to Pioneer Training Battalion at Larkhill, Wiltshire on 18th February, 1917. He was admitted sick to Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire on 23rd February, 1917 & reported as seriously ill on 26th February, 1917.
Private Harold Hainsworth died at 10.35 p.m. on 17th March, 1917 at Fargo Military Hospital of Broncho pneumonia.
He was BURIED IN DURRINGTON CEMETERY, WILTSHIRE where 139 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
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