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ABERDEEN, Harry Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2955 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 September 1916, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 February 1895 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | State School, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 10 June 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot 1, Row S, Grave 11 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, West End Kurilpa War Memorial Clock Tower |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2955, 47th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 27 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2955, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2955, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 47th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Harry Hooper Aberdeen and Emily Alice (nee Trundle) Aberdeen, of Granville St., West End, Brisbane, Queensland.
ABERDEEN.—In proud and loving memory of Private Harry Alexander (Alex.) Aberdeen, 47th Battalion, A.I.F., mortally wounded at Messines on 7th June, and died at the Second
Australian Casualty Station, France, on June 10, 1917. Age 22 years. Just waiting on God's wide shore-line The coming of life-vessels—yours and mine. "Reneholm," Granville-street, South Brisbane
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