HARVEY, Harry
| Service Number: | 102 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 December 1915, 1 year Senior Cadets, 4 years 16th Infantry |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Merriwa, New South Wales, Australia, 12 August 1895 |
| Home Town: | Mayfield, Waratah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coach smith |
| Died: | Mayfield, New South Wales, Australia, 4 April 1979, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-205. 61. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 102, 35th Infantry Battalion, 1 year Senior Cadets, 4 years 16th Infantry | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 102, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 102, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 20 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 102, 35th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, gassed |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
63 years ago today, on the 5th April 1960, Private Harry Harvey, 35th Battalion (Reg No-102), coachsmith (A. Goninan & Co. Ltd), from Fawcett Street, Mayfield, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 64. ANGLICAN 3-205. 61.
Born at Merriwa, New South Wales on the 12th August 1895 to ? and Matlida Harvey; husband of Gertrude Emily Harvey nee Talbot (married 1920, Newcastle, N.S.W., died 28.4.1979, sleeping side by side, no headstone - ANGLICAN 3-205. 59), Harry enlisted on the 13th December 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Wounded in action - 29.5.1917 (gas poisoning).
Admitted to hospital 25.6.1917 (gassed).
Transferred to England 13.7.1917.
Alfred returned home on the 18th November 1917, being discharged medically unfit on the 20th December 1917.
Mr. Harvey’s name has been inscribed on the A. Goninan and Company Roll of Honor.
Not officially commemorated.
There is no headstone for this Digger of The Great War, but 2 wooden crosses had been erected for Harry and wife Gertrude, which had been destroyed, so December 2018 I erected a new cross adorned with poppies in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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