FAWLEY, Henry Wilfred
| Service Number: | 1528 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rotherham, York, England, August 1889 |
| Home Town: | Corobimilla, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Tideswell Grammar School. Derbyshire, England |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 7 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1528, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1528, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement ANZAC / Gallipoli |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Henry FAWLEY, (Service Number 1528) was born at Rotherham, Yorkshire about August 1889. On his Attestation Papers, signed at Kensington on 28 August 1914 he describes himself as a labourer, unmarried and gives his mother in Sheffield, England as his next of kin.
He left Australia through Sydney on board HMAT ‘Euripides’ on 20 October 1914.
On 14 August he was posted as missing in action, and in June 1916 a Court of Enquiry ruled that he had been killed in action.
He has no known grave and is remembered on the Lone Pine Memorial on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
Submitted 1 July 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Henry FAWLEY, (Service Number 1528) was born at Rotherham, Yorkshire about August 1889. On his Attestation Papers, signed at Kensington on 28th August 1914 he describes himself as a labourer. He is unmarried and gives his mother in Sheffield, England as his next of kin.
He left Australia from Sydney on board HMAT ‘Euripides’ on 20th October 1914. He was allotted to the 3rd Battalion. After some time of training in Egypt he embarked on ‘Derfflinger’ on 5th April 1915 for Gallipoli. Heprobably landed there on Anzac Day.
On 14th August 1915he was posted as missing in action. In June 1916 a Court of Enquiry ruled that he had been killed in action.
He has no known grave and is remembered on the Lone Pine Memorial on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Boardf