WORTLEY, Harold John
| Service Number: | 2174 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Adelaide South Australia, 6 April 1888 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, France, 3 September 1918, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Fouquescourt British Cemetery, France Plot II, Row BB, Grave No. 3, Fouquescourt British Cemetery, Fouquescourt, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rosewater War Memorial, Rosewater Womens Memorial Roll of Honour WW1, Spalding Honour Roll WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2174, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 2174, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 2174, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2174, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), SW to back and left thigh |
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Short AWM Biography
2174 Private (Pte) Harold John Wortley, 32nd Battalion. A labourer from Yatala, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 3rd Reinforcements from Adelaide on 7 February 1916 aboard HMAT Miltiades for Suez. The battalion relocated to the Western Front, France in June 1916. Pte Wortley was wounded in action at the Battle of Fromelles and was evacuated to England for treatment and furlough before rejoining his unit in France in late December 1916. Pte Wortley was wounded in action on a second occasion on 3 September 1918 near Peronne, France, and died of these wounds later that day. He was aged 30 years.
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