Harold Percy SPEED

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Service Number:	1078
Enlisted:	17 September 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Speed, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Speed, Yarriambiack, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 14 April 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Creswick St. Matthews Roll of Honor, Newlyn St Matthew's Anglican Church WW1 Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

17 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1078, Enlisted at Melbourne
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 1078, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 1078, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
1 Nov 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, In the field
6 Nov 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, In the field
14 Apr 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 1078, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1078 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-14

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Son of Harold Speed of 100 McPherson Street, Essendon, Victoria

13 September 1915 - to hospital fractured pelvis and Jaundice

26 April 1917 - to hospital with Mumps

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