Harold Ernest (Mick) ATHORN

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Service Number:	3683
Enlisted:	4 September 2015, Private on enlistment, Corporal on discharge
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia, 16 February 1898
Home Town:	Cunnamulla, Paroo, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Massive coronary occlusion, Greenslopes, Queensland, Australia, 18 January 1959, aged 60 years
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Cremated 20 January 1959
Memorials:	Paroo Shire Roll of Honour

30 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3683, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
30 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3683, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
4 Sep 2015:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3683, 15th Infantry Battalion, Private on enlistment, Corporal on discharge

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Harold Ernest ATHORN was born in Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia, 1898.

His mother was Harriet Emily Wicks who married Edgar Herbert "Ted" Athorn.

Harold had 9 younger siblings.

He married Jemima Barwick 31 May 1940.

They had a red setter dog called Codger (courtesy Sue King, niece)

He lived most of his life in Cunnamulla, living a short period in Brisbane.

Australian Electoral Rolls have his occupations during his life as butcher, labourer, munitions worker, watchman and a shedhand.