HEINRICH, Harry Fred
| Service Number: | 1692 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Blackrock, South Australia, 23 October 1888 |
| Home Town: | Canowie Belt, Northern Areas, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Peterborough Lutheran School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Armenieres, France, 1 May 1918, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme Plot I, Row D, Grave 12, Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy St Pierre, Amiens, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jamestown Canowie Belt Honour Roll, Jamestown Canowie Belt Yongala Estate Volunteers Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1692, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1692, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1692, 50th Infantry Battalion, taken on strength, Railhead | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1692, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 4 Feb 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, Broodseinde Ridge, Private 1692 Harry Heinrich was awarded the MILITARY MEDAL on 04th February 1918(Gazetted) for his courage as a Stretcher Bearer for the wounded at Broodseinde Ridge, Oct 1917 during heavy shelling. | |
| 25 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1692, 50th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, DoW 1 May 1918 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Father Adolph Augustive Heinrich and Mother Ernstena Paulina Heinrich (nee Hempel),
lived at Jamestown, South Australia.
(1922 moved to Clarke Street, Freeling, SA).
17/02/1916 took oath and enlisted into WWI in Jamestown, SA
Described on enlisting as 27 years 4months of age; single; 5' 2.5" tall; 138 lbs;
fair complexion; grey eyes; fair hair; Lutheran
13/03/1916 appointed to 'C' Company, 2nd Depot Battalion
Adelaide Camp
11/04/1916 embarked Outer Harbour, SA onboard HMAT A60 Aeneas
as a Private with 50th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
27/05/1916 allotted to 50th Battalion in Tel-el-Kebir
05/06/1916 proceeded to join British Expeditionary Forces, ex Alexandria,
onboard HT Arcadian
12/06/1916 disembarked into Marseilles, France
15/08/1916 Shell shock - in the field - "stayed in the field"
02/02/1917 sick with Mumps - admitted to 38th Canadian Casualty Clearing Station
26/02/1917 returned to unit
19/03/1917 Rose Measles - admitted to 13th Australian Field Ambulance
transferred to Casualty Clearing Station
02/04/1917 returned to unit
04/02/1918 Awarded MILITARY MEDAL
28/04/1918 gun shot wound to thigh, received in action at the battle for
Villers-Bretonneux, France
admitted to 25th Field Ambulance
transferred to 5th Casualty Clearing Station
01/05/1918 died of wounds received in action
buried in: Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-Sur-Somme, France
Plot I, Row D, Grave 12
His name is commemorated on Panel 150 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
Medals: MILITARY MEDAL; British War medal (37754); Victory medal (37447)
Memorial Plaque and Scroll (344790)
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 30/03/2017. Lest we forget.
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