Harry Foster SWINBOURNE

SWINBOURNE, Harry Foster

Service Number: 561
Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Randwick
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
Born: Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town: Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling: Fort Street Boys' High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 561, 1st Infantry Battalion, Randwick
18 Oct 1914: Involvement Corporal, 561, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914: Embarked Corporal, 561, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 561, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of George and Isabella E. SWINBOURNE, 'Bellevue', Oxford Street, Petersham, New South Wales