BEBBINGTON, Harry
| Service Number: | 5986 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Nantwich, Cheshire, England, December 1882 |
| Home Town: | East Geelong, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cabinet maker |
| Died: | Wounds, County of London War Hospital, Epsom, England , United Kingdom, 16 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Epsom Cemetery, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Row K, Grave No. 736, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geelong Christ Church Memorial Altar |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5986, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5986, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5986, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Melbourne | |
| 5 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5986, 14th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, SW to head & neck DoW, County of London War Hospital, Epsom, England |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 16th February……Of the WW1 War Graves in the UK & Ireland that I have researched so far – 13 died on this date. This is one of their stories:
Harry Bebbington was born in Nantwich, Cheshire, England in 1882. He married Mary Ellen Bower in 1908 in the district of Bucklow, Cheshire, England.
Mr Henry Bebbington, Cabinet Maker, aged 29 & Mrs Mary Bebbington, aged 28, were passengers on board Gothic which departed from the port of London on 20th July, 1912 bound for Melbourne, Australia.
On 7th February, 1916 Harry Bebbington enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) as a 33 year old, married, Cabinet Maker from Geelong, Victoria.
Private Harry Bebbington embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Miltiades (A28) on 1st August, 1916 with the 14th Infantry Battalion, 19th Reinforcements & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 25th September, 1916.
He proceeded overseas from 4th Training Battalion via Folkestone on Princess Victoria on 4th December, 1916 & was marched in from England to 4th A.D.B.D. (Australian Divisional Base Depot) at Etaples, France on 5th December, 1916. Private Bebbington joined 14th Battalion in the field on 26th December, 1916.
Private Harry Bebbington was wounded in action on 5th February, 1917 in France. He was taken to 12th Australian Field Ambulance with a compound fracture of the skull & then transferred to Casualty Clearing Station. Private Bebbington was admitted to 13th Stationary Hospital at Boulogne, France on 7th February, 1917 & his condition was reported as severe. Private Bebbington proceeded to England & departed on Hospital Ship St Denis on 15th February, 1917 with shrapnel wounds to head & neck.
He was admitted to County of London War Hospital, Epsom, England on 16th February, 1917 with shrapnel wounds to head & compound fracture of skull.
Private Harry Bebbington died at 3.20 pm on 16th February, 1917 at County of London War Hospital, Epsom, England from wounds received in action in France – gunshot wound to head & Hernia Cerebri. He died 12 hours after being admitted to the hospital.
He was buried in Epsom Cemetery, Surrey, England. There are six soldiers buried in Epsom Cemetery, Surrey who served with the Australian Imperial Force in World War 1. These six soldiers are named on bronze panels on the Screen Wall, within Plot K of the Cemetery. The bronze panels on the Screen Wall have the name, service number, rank, date of death, age & plot number. The plot numbers on the bronze plaques correspond to plaques located in the lawn immediately in front of the Screen Wall. There are 110 plaques on the lawn which do not have individual headstones, unlike most other Commonwealth War Graves Cemeteries.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/epsom.html
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