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HARTE, Maurice Atherton
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1003 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1915, Enlisted at Charter Towers, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Emerald End Station, Mareeba, Queensland, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Mareeba, Tablelands, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Mareeba and Evelyn State, School, Queensland |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Illness (Pneumonia), 1st General Hospital, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt, 3 January 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row D, Grave 246 Chaplain Ed. Makeham officiated Headstone inscription reads: Until the day break and the shadows flee away Solomon's Song Ch. 4.6. , Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Evelyn Scrub War Memorial, Herberton War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1003, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Charter Towers, QLD | |
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| 2 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1003, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1003, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Medic, Brisbane | |
| 13 Nov 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Trooper, 2nd Light Horse Regiment | |
| 3 Jan 1916: | Involvement Trooper, 1003, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1003 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1916-01-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edmund Maurice and Esther Annie Harte of Orange Grave, Kabany, Cairns
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the R.A.N. for about 12 months on board HMAS Gayndah during 1909+1910 with the rank of Boy