MILFORD, Harry
| Service Number: | 4528 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 20 April 1890 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Mayfield Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Cook |
| Died: | SW both legs , Died of wounds, 44th Casualty Clearing station, Pozieres, France, 27 July 1916, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Puchevillers British Cemetery, France Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 44 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Mayfield Public School Honour Roll, Waratah Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4528, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4528, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4528, 3rd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 22 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4528, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Gunshot wounds to his leg and foot. Died of wounds at the 44th Casualty Clearing Station on 27th July 1916. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
104 years ago today, on the 27th July 1916, Private Henry (Harry) E Milford, 3rd Battalion, cook and labourer from "Austral", Waratah Street, Mayfield, New South Wales, died of wounds received at the Battle of Pozieres, age 26.
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1645719/
No Roll of Honour circular submitted.
See Red Cross Wounded and Missing - https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1495533/
Born at Wickham, New South Wales on the 20th April 1890 to George Francis (died 1923 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139358709) and Annie (died 1939 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135450026) Milford (ANGLICAN 1-42. 26.),
Harry enlisted August 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137969695
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137104946
Wounded in action - 22.7.1916 (SW leg, foot and hip - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133881093, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133850353),
Pte Milford is now resting at Puchevillers British Cemetery, France. Plot II Row B Grave 44.
Harry’s name has been inscribed on the Waratah Park Memorial Gates, Mayfield Public School Honour Roll (photo, unveiled on the 19th October 1918), Book of Gold, Waratah Superior Public School Roll of Honour, NSW Govt Railways and Tramways Roll of Honour, 1914-1919 and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Memorial headstone placed at the gravesite of sister Edna Alma Milford, born 1904, died 1905 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138385124, whose inscription has almost completely faded. ANGLICAN 1-44. 26.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=18392#3
Older brother George Scott (Reg No-1970, 18th Battalion, born 1881, died 1946) resting at the cemetery. ANGLICAN 1-18. 109.
Lest We Forget.
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Harry MILFORD (Service Number 4528) was born on 20th April 1890 in Newcastle. He began working with the Railways on 26th May 1914 as a labourer in the Signalling Branch. He had been in this position for just over a year when he enlisted in the AIF on 16th August 1915. He was 25 when he enlisted. He embarked from Sydney on RMS ‘Osterley’ on 15th January 1916.
After a brief time in Egypt, on 29th March 1916 he embarked from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Forces in France. He disembarked at Marseilles a few days later on 4th April 1916. He was taken on strength of his Battalion in France on 8th June 1916. After just over a month in the field, he was injured in action in France on 22nd July 1916. He received gunshot wounds to his leg and foot, and several accounts note that these were received in the Battle of Pozières.
Unfortunately, after his very short time in the field, he died of these injuries at the 44th Casualty Clearing Station in France on 27th July 1916.
He was buried in Puchevillers British Cemetery, Puchevillers, Picardie, France.
Following his death, his mother was sent some of his personal items, including his identity disc, postcards, a notebook, and a pipe. She also received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal on behalf of her son’s service.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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