HARMAN, Walter
| Service Number: | 1151 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 September 1914, 8 years Volunteer Aust Rifles |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 15 January 1974 |
| Home Town: | Cooks Hill, Newcastle West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gas main service layer |
| Died: | Cooks Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 17 January 1932, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-113. 57. |
| Memorials: | Cooks Hill St John's Honor Roll, Hamilton City of Newcastle Gas & Coke Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1151, 1st Infantry Battalion, 8 years Volunteer Aust Rifles | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1151, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1151, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 12 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1151, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW scalp/thigh - slight | |
| 19 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 14 May 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1151, 53rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
An Original Anzac who served and suffered during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
90 years ago today, on the Monday afternoon of the 18th January 1932, Private Walter Edward Harman, 53rd Battalion (Reg No-1151), gas main & service layer (Newcastle Gas & Coke Company Limited), from 32 Corlette Street, Cooks Hill, New South Wales and 34 Corlette Street, Cooks Hill, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 58. ANGLICAN 2-113. 57.
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales on the 15th January 1874 to George and Frances Harman, Walter enlisted September 1914 with the 1st Battalion at Adamstown, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 12.5.1915 (GSW scalp), 22.5.1915 (GSW thigh, slight).
Admitted to hospital 18.7.1916 (neurasthenia, or severe fatigue).
Walter returned home April 1917, being discharged on the 14th May 1917.
Mr. Harman’s name has been inscribed on the Newcastle Gas & Coke Company Limited Roll of Honor (photo courtesy of Ed Tonks OAM, unveiled on the 14th August 1918, 16 names inscribed, 1 Fallen - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140972499, whereabouts unknown), Cooks Hill St. John's Anglican Church Honor Roll and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Walter’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
There were another 3 Harman family members who were living at 32 Corlette Street, Cooks Hill, New South Wales who served with the 1st A.I.F.
Private Arthur George Harman, 2nd & 54th Battalions, Reg No-2824, died 23.12.1945, Beresfield Crematorium.
Private Frank Charles Harman, 1st Battalion & 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion, Reg No-2593, died 18.7.1961.
Private James May Harman, 19th & 20th Battalions, Reg No-1087, died 1.12.1949, resting at Sandgate Cemetery. ANGLICAN 2-113. 57.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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