SEXTON, Harold Eustace
| Service Number: | Chaplain |
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| Enlisted: | 27 November 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
| Born: | Norwood, South Australia, Australia, 14 May 1888 |
| Home Town: | Croydon, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St. Peters College Adelaide |
| Occupation: | Church of England Clerk in Holy Orders |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Saanich, Canada, 29 March 1972, aged 83 years |
| Cemetery: |
Saint Michael and All Angels' Church Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (1), Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , Chaplain, Australian Army Chaplains' Department | |
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| 16 Dec 1916: | Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Richard James SEXTON and Lucy SEXTON nee DYKE, Thomas Street, North Croydon, South Australia
Husband of Mary Hodgeman SEXTON nee TYREE
He was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide and Keble College, Oxford and ordained in 1912.
After curacies at St Paul's, Port Adelaide and All Saints, Hindmarsh he was a Chaplain with the BEF during the First World War.
From 1920 he held incumbencies at St Martin's, Hawksburn and All Saints, Upper Norwood before being appointed Bishop Coadjutor of British Columbia in 1935. A year later he became the diocesan bishop, and in 1952 Archbishop of British Columbia.
He relinquished both posts in 1969 and died three years later.
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