Harold John ANNAND

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ANNAND, Harold John

Service Number:	2614
Enlisted:	11 March 1916, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	46th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Joyces Creek, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Joyces Creek, Mount Alexander, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carisbrook War Memorial, Newstead Joyce's Creek Honour Roll, Newstead Joyce's Creek State School No 1053 Honor Board, Newstead War Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

World War 1 Service

11 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
20 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2614, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2614, 46th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2614, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2614 awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-07
Date unknown:	Involvement 46th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

46 Battalion

Rank - Lance Corporal

Volunteered to carry ammunition to front line, was in charge of 25 men also volunteers. Last seen of him by mates he was lying dead in a shell hole. (Wife)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

George and Janet Annand of 'Annerlea', Palmerston Street, Maryborough, Victoria; husband of Hazel Annand, Cotswold, Majorca, Victoria. Native of Joyce's Creek, Victoria. Brother of 6457 Pte George Annand, 7th Bn, returned to Australia, 18 October 1917.

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