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PACKER, Harold Anderson
| Service Number: | 8408 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 June 1915, at Keswick |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | North Adelaide, South Australia , December 1895 |
| Home Town: | North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Operator |
| Memorials: | Lower North Adelaide War Memorial WW1, North Adelaide Christ Church Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 8408, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , at Keswick | |
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| 22 Nov 1915: | Involvement 8408, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Nov 1915: | Embarked 8408, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 11 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 8408 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
Harold Anderson Packer was born in 1895 near North Adelaide. He was 19 and a ½ when he enlisted to fight in orld War I. With a height of 5 ¾ inches and a weight of 138lbs he was tall for the time with not a lot of girth to back it up. Harold’s profession was an operator before he enlisted for the war. When he enlisted, he joined the 6th Field Artillery Brigade on the 28/5/15, with service number 8408. On the 6/4/18 Packer was transferred to the 5th field artillery as a Sapper where he finished his service. Packer reported for leave on the 25/12/18. On the 27/7/19 he would bord the Ypringa. He would later be discharged on the 24/8/19.