HOPE, Henry Rowell
| Service Number: | 2363 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1915, Dalby, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Moree, New South Wales, 4 January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Cancer, Brisbane, Queensland, 26 July 1967, aged 77 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Dalby, Queensland | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2363, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2363, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane |
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Henry was the youngest of six boys. Three of his brothers - Sam, Dick and Jim - also enlisted and fought in WWI. Henry's parents were George and Eliza Hope. His father was a house painter and Henry was apprenticed to him. He lived in Dalby, Queensland, before enlisting and played five-eighth in the Dalby Waratah Rugby League team. He was a member of the team in 1911 when they won the Vowles Cup.
Henry enlised with his friend Ernie Starling in Dalby in 1915 and they fought together in the same battalion. He was wounded in the left shoulder at Pozieres, Belgium, on 25 July 1916. He said he spent all night in a trench before he could get any medical help. He was greatful that he was treated by English doctors who saved his arm. Although he could never lift his arm very high afterwards, he continued painting when he returned to Australia. He lived in Brisbane and was a very kind man.
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