WINTER, Henry William
| Service Number: | 2278 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stradbroke, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Sale, Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Stradbroke State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 8 July 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot IX, Row B, Grave No. 6. |
| Memorials: | Heyfield Honour Roll WW1, Sale Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2278, 46th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2278, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2278, 46th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Henry or Harry Winter was the youngest of four sons of George Powell Winter and Margrett Eveline Winter of Sale, Victoria, who served in WW1. Only one survived.
Henry’s brother Private Walter Robert Winter enlisted with the South African Infantry and served with 4 Regiment. He died of wounds on 14 April 1917 and is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, south of Boulogne in France. Another brother, Lance Corporal George Ernest Winter is also buried in the same cemetery. He served with the Canterbury Regiment of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and was killed in September 1916.
Herbert George Winter, an older brother, served in the 23rd Battalion AIF and had settled on “Delville Wood” Tuppal Soldier Settlement in Finley, NSW, by 1923. Both parents had died before the war and Herbert as the only surviving male in the family, was awarded the medals of Henry Winter.