HALE, Henry George
| Service Number: | 964 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Morwell, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Wickepin, Wickepin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | State Schools |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Wickepin District Roll of Honor, Wickepin District Roll of Honour WWI, Wickepin Fallen Soldiers Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 4 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 964, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 964, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 964, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas and Emily HALE, Keane Street, Belmont Park, Western Australia
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
“To lose both her sons (all she had), in the one month, was a fearful blow to her poor soul”
Reference to Mrs Emily Hale, the mother of two sons who enlisted from Dorakin, Wickepin, Western Australia.
964 Pte. Henry George Hale, 28th Battalion AIF. Shot in shoulder at Gallipoli 10th December 1915, he recovered in time to be sent to France during March 1916. Henry was seen to be hit by a shell and killed in action 4th/6th August, 1916. He was 26 years of age. His body was never found and he is remembered on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial France.
His younger brother, 1716 Private Frank Leslie Hale, 28th Battalion AIF had apparently just witnessed his brother’s death. The brothers were both in C Company. Frank was badly wounded in the next few hours, near Pozieres on the 5th August 1916. Shot in the abdomen, he lingered for just over 2 weeks before he succumbed to his wounds in the 13th General Hospital at Boulogne.
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