DEW, Harry Clement Linley Gratton
| Service Number: | 4462 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 August 1915, Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kent Town, South Australia, 17 February 1885 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Sturt Street School, Adelaide |
| Occupation: | Cabinet Maker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 7 May 1917, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France Plot IV, Row C, Grave 19, Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Sturt Street Public School Great War Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4462, 10th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide | |
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| 7 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4462, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4462, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide | |
| 23 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4462, Gun shot wound to arm | |
| 7 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4462, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Harry Clement Linley Gratton DEW was born on 17th February, 1885 in Kent Town, South Australia
His parents were Henry George DEW and Caroline MARTIN
Harry married Mary Rebecca BIEG on 2nd June 1906 at the residence of Mr. Leak in Goodwood SA - they had 3 children, Reginald Harry Walter, Pearl May & Phyllis Eva.
He had previously served with the 10th SAIR for 2 & a half years before enlisting in Adelaide for WW1 on 30th August, 1915 and he embarked with the 10th Battalion, 14th reinforcements on 7th February, 1916 on the HMAT Miltiades.
Harry was Killed in Action on 7th May, 1917 and is buried in the Queant Road Cemetery in France - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & he was awarded the British War Medal & the Victory Medal
Cemetery inscription reads:
"DUTY NOBLY DONE"
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