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LAW, Harold James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 128 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Balmain, NSW, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Balmain Public School |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Fireman |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 21 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Heilly Station Cemetery VI G 1, Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 128, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 128, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 128, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 21 Dec 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 128, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 128 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-12-21 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas and Alma LAW. Native of Balmain, New South Wales
MENTIONED IN ORDERS.
Corporal (then Private) Harold J. Law, of Balmain. has been mentioned in orders for gallantry. He, with three companions, spent a night in a crater formed by the bursting of a "Jack Johnson" shell at Anzac, and from this position secured valuable information for his superior officers. Next night they crept back to the crater, and succeeded in destroying Turkish trenches. For this heroic action all of them
(Privates) were promoted to the rank of corporal.
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