SWENDSON, Harry
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 24 October 1915, Orange, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hawthorne, Kansas, USA, 31 March 1880 |
| Home Town: | Wongarbon, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Billiard room proprieter |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Orange, New South Wales | |
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| 8 Nov 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
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| 8 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 4th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Enlisted under alias of Harry Davenport
"SWENDSON, Harry Augustus (serving as Harry DAVENPORT) Lt Australian Army born 31 Mar 1880 Hawthorne, Atchison Co., KS....
Harry joined the famous New South Wales "Co-ee" Recruitment March (a grand plan to establish three great route marches, from the north, west and south rural areas of New South Wales to converge on Sydney with hundreds of fresh WWI volunteer enlistments) in his adopted town of Wongarbon and enlisted in the Australian Army at Orange, New South Wales on Oct 24, 1915.
Harry SWENDSON registered for service under an assumed name, Harry DAVENPORT and, after extensive military training, sailed from Sydney in November 1916 on the SS "Port Nicholson" en route to England where his group of 22nd Reinforcements received further training. Harry was assigned as a 2nd Lt. to 'D' Company of the 4th Battalion, 1st Brigade, Australian Forces in France, in June 1917.
After participating in the Battalion's various pre-operation training assignments in Belgium during the months of July - Sept 1917 and receiving his promotion to a full Lieutenant in July, Harry was a key member of the "Fighting 4th" and 'D' Co. as it went into the action to capture the Broodseinde Ridge on Oct 4, one of the most successful offensive actions of the ill-conceived 3rd Ypres/Passchendaele Campaign of 1917." - READ MORE LINK (www.shawneeww1.info)
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