HARRINGTON, William Joseph
| Service Number: | 6525 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 April 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Boscombe, near Bournemouth, Dorset, England, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Manorbier School, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
| Occupation: | Platelayer |
| Died: | Died Of Wounds - Causing A Haemorrhage While Prisoner Of War, Saltau P.O.W. Camp,. Soltau Province, Hamburg, Germany, France, 10 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Hamburg Cemetery, Germany Plot 1V, Row G, Grave 14 Headstone inscription reads: In loving memory of the dearly loved son of Mr & Mrs Harrington of Pembrokeshire, Hamburg Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6525, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 13 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6525, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6525, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6525, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Shell wounds to the groin and taken Prisoner of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 27 years
Son of Joseph and Kezia Harrington of Tudor Lodge, Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, Wales; brother of Reginald Humphrey Harringot who died of wounds on the 6 August 1917 while serving with the 16th Battalion
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Yeomanry in England
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Died of wounds whilst a Prisoner of War, after being wounded and captured near Armentieres, on 10th May 1917. Aged 33.
He had previously been in the Yeomanry Cavalry in the UK before he emigrated. Son of Joseph and Kezia Harrington, of Tudor Lodge, Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. Brother of Private Reginald Humphrey Harrington-16th Battalion Australian Infantry, A.I.F. who also fell.
The brothers are honoured on the Manorbier War Memorial.
William was born in Boscombe, near Bournemouth. After being educated at Manorbier, he worked as an Agricultural Labourer, but also served in the Pembroke Yeomanry prior to emigrating to Australia. In Australia, he worked on the railways as a Platelayer at Wagin, Western Australia, and enlisted into the Australian Imperial Force at Perth, being enrolled into the 16th Battalion, AIF, part of the 4th Brigade, 2nd Australian Division. William was part of the 21st reinforcements for his Battalion, and they embarked at Fremantle on 13 October 1916. William was lucky enough to miss the bloodshed of the Somme battles which the Australian forces went through, but was wounded and captured at Armentieres
Manorbier is a Village which sits on the South Pembrokeshire coast. In the Village is a mediaeval castle. The village War Memorial is in the form of a granite Celtic Cross behind railings in front of the Church, and on this Cross are the names of the 26 men of the village who died in both World Wars, 23 in the first and 3 in the second.
Births Jun 1884
Harrington, William Joseph
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