FYNMORE, Harry Lovell
| Service Number: | 2639 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 June 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School, Essendon, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 13 June 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Borre British Cemetery Plot II, Row A, Grave 28 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2639, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2639, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2639, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 22 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2639, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Gas | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Jan 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 Jun 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2639, 7th Infantry Battalion, Merris (France), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2639 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-06-13 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Harry Lovell FYNMORE was born in Ascot Vale, Victoria in 1891
His parents were Frank FYNMORE and Henrietta Ida CARROLL
He had two years previous service in the School Cadets in Goulburn in NSW before he enlisted on 18th June 1915 in Melbourne with the 24th Battalion - he was with the 6th reinfocements who embarked from Melbourne on 27th October, 1915 on the HMAT Ulysses
Harry was involved with the St Thomas Harriers in Essendon and was also engaged to be married to Annetta (Ethel) EDWARDS
He was Wounded in Action on 26th Jully, 1916 and admitted to the Canadian General Hospital in France with gas poisoning
Harry was promoted through the ranks to Sergeant and was tranferred to the 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery and then to the 7th Infantry Battalion
He was Killed in Action on 13th June, 1918 in Hasebrouck , France and buried in Borre British Cemetery - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial , the Honour Roll in Essendon Town Hall in Victoria & the Honour Board in St. Thomas Church - he was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal
His brother Leslie Haliburton FYNMORE (SN628) was also Killed in Action on 23rd August, 1916 and another brother James Stewart FYNMORE (7th Field Ambulance) returned to Australia in 1919. His cousin Thomas Robert FYNMORE (SN2082) 2nd Field Company Engineers also returned to Australia
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Trove - In Memoriam
The Argus, 23rd August, 1918
FYNMORE - In loving remembrance of my dear Sons and our Brothers, Private Leslie H, Killed in Action, Pozieres, August 23, 1916, served at Gallipoli also Sergeant Harry L, Killed in Action, Hazebrouck, June 13, 1918
"There is a link death cannot sever,
Fond remembrance lives for ever"
Inserted by his Mother, Brothers & Sisters
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