Maxwell David HARRINGTON

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HARRINGTON, Maxwell David

Service Number:	135
Enlisted:	30 September 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	9th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Prospect, South Australia, 4 April 1888
Home Town:	Prospect, Prospect, South Australia
Schooling:	Nailsworth Public School, South Australia; Propsect Public School, South Australia; Muirden Commercial College, South Australia
Occupation:	Bushman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 August 1915, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 8, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Copley Leigh Creek District Honour Roll, Keswick Prospect Highbury Street Methodist Sunday School Old Scholars Roll of Honour, Keswick Prospect Methodist Sunday School Honour Board WW1, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Prospect Methodist Sunday School Honour Roll, Prospect Roll of Honour A-G WWI Board

World War 1 Service

30 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 135, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 135, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 135, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne
3 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 9th Light Horse Regiment, In the field
29 Aug 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 135, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 135 awm_unit: 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-29

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

David Abraham Harrington and Edith Jane (nee Kelly) Harrington of Gloucester Street, Prospect, SA. Brother of Elizabeth Victoria Harrington, Percy James Harringto, Muriel Edith Harrington, Sydney William Harrington, Una Frances Harrington, Mabel Eliza Harrington, Ida Esther Haarrington and Hazel Jean Harrington,

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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