PIERPOINT, Henry Wynn
| Service Number: | 2322 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 October 1916, Warwick, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Stanthorpe, Queensland, 19 October 1895 |
| Home Town: | Stanthorpe, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Postman |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 30 August 1968, aged 72 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Warwick Dungaree March Re-Enactment Plaque |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2322, Warwick, Queensland | |
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| 10 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2322, Camel Corps, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2322, Camel Corps, HMAT Boorara, Melbourne | |
| 29 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2322, 11th Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Christened Harry Wynn Pierpoint, son of Harry Pierpoint and Emily Barlow - he was always known as Wynn.
Biography contributed by Mal Floyd
During 1915, in order to recruit young Australian men, patriotic marches were begun in towns and rural communities. There were 10 of these, one of which commenced in Warwick, SE Qld on the 16th November, 1915 and arrived in Brisbane on the 30th November, 1915. It was known as the "March of the Dungarees".
H. Wynn Pierpoint was one of the original 28 marchers who left Warwick. By the time the "Dungarees" had reached Brisbane after travelling 270 kilometres (170 miles) over 13 days, this number had grown to 125 men. A commemmorative plaque was erected in Warwick QLD in 1998.
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