Henry Roy SUMMERSFORD

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SUMMERSFORD, Henry Roy

Service Numbers:	691, 691
Enlisted:	17 February 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, October 1895
Home Town:	Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Alfred Crescent State School, North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Confectioner
Died:	Died of wounds - multiple shell wounds to the abdomen and buttocks, At sea on board HS Nevaska, off Mudros, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 22 October 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Panel 65 Rev. Cole Hamilton officiated , Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

17 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 691, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 691, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 691, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
19 Oct 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 691, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Multiple shell wounds to abdomen and buttocks

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Alfred Benjamin Summersford and Sarah Summersford nee Collins of 66 St David Street, Ftizroy, Victoria.

Brother of Alfred Benjamin Summersford who was killed in action on the 17 April 1917 while serving with the 22nd Battalion and is buried in the Noreuil Cemetery, Arthur George Summersford, Elsis May Summersford, Florence Sarah Summersford, Lucy Days Summersford, Ruby May Summersford and William James Summersford who returned to Australia on 17 September 1915 having served with the 14th Battalion. Wiliam died in Adelaide in 1953 and is buried is the West Terrace Cemetery

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Memorial, Victory Medal

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