REES, Henry George
| Service Numbers: | 30924, 1809 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 January 1915, Discharged for refusing to be inoculated 1915? |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 11 October 1896 |
| Home Town: | Boolaroo, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Mayfield East, New South Wales, Australia, 27 July 1948, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 30924, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged for refusing to be inoculated 1915? | |
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| 29 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1809, Light Trench Mortar Batteries | |
| 2 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 1809, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 1809, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 18 Aug 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1809, 1st Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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From Gary Mitchell
Visual Storyteller · 5h ·
Served in The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
72 years ago today, on the 28th July 1948, Private Henry (Harry) George Rees, 1st Battalion, blacksmith from Creek Reserve Road, Boolaroo, New South Wales and Smith Street, Mayfield East, N.S.W., father of two, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 51. ANGLICAN 3-178. 21.
No funeral notice located.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140359637
Born at Wallsend, New South Wales on the 11th October 1896 to Jenkin and Elizabeth Rees; husband of Ruby Rees nee Scollay (married 1916, died 1966) of "Tamworth", Victoria Street and Raglan Street, Long Bay, New South Wales and Maroubra Bay, N.S.W., Harry enlisted January 1915 at Liverpool, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137965849
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138155234
Discharged for refusing to be inoculated, he reenlisted May 1916 with the 5th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery at Broadmeadow, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 9.8.1917 (influenza), 14.10.1917 (hernia), 22.6.1918 (tonsillitis), Harry returned home July 1920.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138833231
Harry’s name has been inscribed on the Boolaroo District Roll of Honour and the Boolaroo Methodist Church Roll of Honour (unveiled on the 25th May 1919, whereabouts unknown - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/139439753
Mr Rees had been resting in an unmarked grave, now long forgotten, so May 2016 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=19218#grave-photo-1
Lest We Forget.
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