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WARD, Henry H (Henry Holdford)
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1669 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1915, Enlisted at Kalgoolie, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | West Hampstead, London, England, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Broomsleigh Street Board School, West Hampstead, London, England |
| Occupation: | Railway Employee |
| Died: | Died of wounds - abdomen, At sea on board HS Gascon, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 3 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Chaplain Lt. Colonel Hugo officiated Panel 51, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1669, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Kalgoolie, WA | |
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| 22 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1669, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1669, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Itonus, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 23 years
Son of Ernest Warwick Ward and Sarah Amelia Ward of 47 Chetwynd Road, London, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Had also been employed as a Woolen Warehouseman
Also served as a volunteer in the Victoria and St Georges Rifles, England
On the Roll of Honour Circular part of what his mother said was that a Capatain had commented that he had done splendid work and was one of the bravest of his men. When dying he told the chaplain he did not begrudge his life for England. England was worth dying for.