Henry Arthur SLADE

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Service Numbers:	1735, 1553
Enlisted:	1 August 1914, Enlisted in Queensland Actual date of is not quite accurate but he did embark on the 8 August 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maruba, Queensland, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Gordonvale, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Hairdresser
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 5 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 49, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cairns Boys' State School, Cairns Cenotaph, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

1 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 1735, Enlisted in Queensland Actual date of is not quite accurate but he did embark on the 8 August 1914
8 Aug 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, 1735, Originally embarked at Cairns, QLD then re-embarked on HMAT Kanowna on 16 August 1914 at Thursday Island to participate in the capture of German New Guinea
18 Sep 1914:	Discharged AIF WW1, 1735, Returned to Australia and discharged the same day due to the trouble caused by the firemen. He did not participate in the capture of German New Guinea
29 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1553, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD
13 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1553, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
13 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1553, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane

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Next of kin given as his brother A.J. Slade of Gordonvale, QLD

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served an apprenticeship with Thomas Woodhouse of Maruba, QLD

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