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BATES, Harry Arthur
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1506 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 March 1915, Adelaide South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Naracoorte, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Manoora, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | labourer/blacksmith |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Flers, France, 5 November 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known Grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manoora Institute Supreme Sacrifice Roll, Manoora Roll of Honour WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide South Australia | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1506, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1506, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, The 27th Battalion landed at Gallipoli in stages from early August, as part of the 2nd Division. | |
| 4 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1506, 27th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, The 27th Battalion was part of a series of major attacks in the vicinity of Flers in early November 1916, having returned from Belgium where they had been deployed after the Pozieres / Mouquet Farmcampaign | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Son of Edwin Charles and Sarah Bates of Gilles Plains. 2 brothers also enlisted; Sam Hubble Bates (10th Battalion) and Devonshire Holman Bates (50th Battalion), Harry was working at Manoora when he enlisted. He has no known grave and his name is listed on the Villers-Brettenoux Memorial
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