LEA, Harry Noel
| Service Number: | 3419 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1917, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia , 15 December 1895 |
| Home Town: | Cheltenham, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Burwood Superior Public School, Sydney High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 14 October 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ypres Reservoir Cemetery I H 12 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Beecroft War Memorial Cenotaph, Fremantle 849 Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3419, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3419, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3419, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 14 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 3419, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3419 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Harry Noel Lea was born at Fremantle, Western Australia, on 15th December, 1895, the eldest son of the late Mr. H. A. Lea and of Mrs. M. C. Lea, of Cheltenham, New South Wales. He was educated at the Burwood Superior Public School, and the Sydney High School. He entered the service of the Bank on 19th December, 1911, at the Western Branch, Sydney. In the following March he was transferred to the Southern Branch; on 24th September, 1912, to Ryde; and on 21st September, 1915, to Surry Hills as ledger-keeper. He passed the Intermediate Section (in all subjects) at the Examination for the Diploma of Associate of the Institute of Bankers of New South Wales.
Harry Noel Lea enlisted in January, 1917, in the A.I.F., and sailed on the 24th of that month for England with the 9th Reinforcements of the 53rd Battalion. On arrival he was attached to the 14th Training Battalion, at Hurdcott, Salisbury Plain, but shortly afterwards was transferred to the 5th Training Battalion in order to be with one of his friends. He attended a six weeks’ officers’ training course at Candahar Barracks Tidworth, from which school he passed with a certificate, having reached the highest standard ever attained by the training battalion.
On reaching France in July, 1917, he joined the 17th Battalion, A.I.F., and was engaged at Polygon Wood, near Passchendaele, on 20th September, 1917. He escaped unscathed and was noted for promotion. Next he was engaged in the Battle of Zonnebeke on 9th October, 1917, where he sustained wounds from which he died on the same day at a dressing station in Ypres.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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