Henry George CAMERON

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CAMERON, Henry George

Service Number:	4801
Enlisted:	23 February 1916, Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Cobar, Cobar, New South Wales
Schooling:	Wrightville Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Blacksmith's Striker
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 28 February 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Yuleba Cenotaph War Memorial

World War 1 Service

23 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4801, 19th Infantry Battalion, Casula, NSW
13 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4801, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4801, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of James and Eleanor CAMERON, Forest Farm, Yeulba, Queensland.

Henry saw action in France and was wounded on 5th May 1918 and whilst waiting to be taken to hospital was struck and killed by a shell.

CAMERON —Killed in action in France on February 28, 1917, Private HENRY GEORGE CAMERON aged 21 years, dearly loved and only child of Mrs A McDonald, late of Dapville Cobar, N.S.W.

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