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SOUTH, Harry James

Service Number:	6094
Enlisted:	23 March 1916, Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Appila Yarrowie, South Australia, Australia, 27 October 1885
Home Town:	Merredin, Merredin, Western Australia
Schooling:	State School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 July 1917, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Merredin War Memorial, Merredin and Districts Roll of Honor, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

World War 1 Service

23 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6094, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Blackboy Hill, WA
7 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 6094, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
7 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 6094, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Heather Ernszt

Son of William Garnett South and Fanny Stevens

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