FULLICK, Henry John
| Service Number: | 1123 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Minmi, New South Wales, Australia, August 1891 |
| Home Town: | West Wallsend, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Minmi Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Wounds , The Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, 5 May 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Bristol (Arnos Vale) Cemetery, Gloucestershire, England His name is remembered on the CWGC Screen Wall & he has a flat Memorial Stone. Cemetery/Memorial reference Screen Wall 7. 710. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1123, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1123, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1123, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 9 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Machine Gun Company | |
| 5 May 1918: | Involvement Private, 1123, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1123 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 5th May.......Private Henry John Fullick was born at Minmi, near Wallsend, NSW in 1891. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 10th January, 1916 as a 24 year old Miner from Seaham, No. 2, West Wallsend, NSW.
Private Fullick arrived in England on 9th July, 1916 & was posted to a Training Battalion at Larkhill, Wiltshire. He proceeded overseas to France on 21st November, 1916.
Private Fullick was transferred from 35th Battalion to 9th Machine Gun Company on 14th February, 1917.
Private Fullick was sent to Hospital on 3rd December, 1917 with Myalgia & rejoined his Unit on 28th December, 1917. He was on leave to England from 24th January, 1918 & rejoined his Unit on 9th February, 1918.
Private Fullick was wounded in action - Gassed on 17th April, 1918. He was invalided to England & admitted to The Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol, England on 27th April, 1918 & was reported as seriously ill.
Private Henry John Fullick died at 6 am on 5th May, 1918 at The Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol, England from wounds – “suffocating Shells, Gas poison, & Capillary Bronchitis”. He was buried in Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England where 21 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/arnos-vale.html
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