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WASHINGTON, Harry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 285 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Brighton, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 2 July 1893 |
| Home Town: | Kangaroo Flat, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 19 June 1986, aged 92 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kangaroo Flat Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 285, 12th Infantry Battalion, Brighton, Tasmania | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 285, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 285, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 285, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 18 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 23 Dec 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 285, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery, Messines, GSW right shoulderr - fractured scapula | |
| 29 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 285, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery, Medically unfit |
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