LING, Harold Edward
| Service Number: | 470 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, United Kingdom, 3 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial NSW |
World War 1 Service
| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 470, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 470, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
| 3 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 470, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 470 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-03 |
Harold Edward Ling
Harold (Harley) was the eldest child of Henry and Fanny Ling. Their first four children had died at birth or in infancy. He was born in Bathurst NSW. When he was young boy his father got a job at the newly opened Manly Gas Works at Little Manly Beach.
Sadly his father died from injuries received in a workplace accident. This meant that his mother alone raised their 7 children.
Harold was working as a driver for a brewery in Tamworth and enlisted from that region.
He suffered a head injury on the Western Front and he then was transported to a military hospital in England. He died from this injury months later.
My grandmother his sister always said it was a blessing. I now know why it was a blessing. His death meant that he no longer had to suffer from this horrendous injury.
"Less we Forget" War is no solution,
Submitted 3 November 2024 by Belinda Muller