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HUMPHRIES, Harry

Service Number:	1561
Enlisted:	14 December 1914, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Captains Flat, New South Wales, January 1893
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Metallurgist
Died:	Killed in Action, Ypres, Belgium, 19 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

14 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1561, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1561, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney
19 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1561, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1561 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-19

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Biography

LINK to the RED CROSS (static.awm.gov.au) Wounded and Missing Enquiry report for Harry Humphries.