James Henry HARVEY

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HARVEY, James Henry

Service Number:	3162
Enlisted:	23 November 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	46th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Horsham, Victoria, Australia , 10 June 1896
Home Town:	Kellerberrin, Kellerberrin, Western Australia
Schooling:	Boulder, Western Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Natural Causes , Kellerberrin, Western Australia, 1969
Cemetery:	Kellerberrin Cemetery, Western Australia
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World War 1 Service

23 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
29 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 3162, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 3162, 46th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Fremantle
19 Oct 1917:	Wounded

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Biography contributed by Mark Harvey

After returning from France James (Henry)successfully Farmed the Property "Wimmera" at North Kellerberrin W.A. named after the Wimmera District in Victoria where he was born until his death in 1969

He Married Kathleen Mary Danahy in 1927 , Kathleen was the first school teacher in the North Kellerberrin District , they had a son Robert Henry Harvey who also grew up to farm Wimmera with Henry

Robert (Bob) married Pauline Isobel Mather of Kellerberrin and they had Mark, Philip, Gavin, Scott and Fiona, they in turn have many children and now Grandchildren who are descended from Henry

I personally remember him is a very kindly grand old man who contributed greatly to his family and community

One thing I remember him saying of his war service was that when he was demobbed he was paid about 350 pounds in Back pay from the army , this was enough to set him up on Wimmera, to buy a team of horses and machinery to farm as a soldier settler .

Mark James Harvey

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