Henry SEAMONS

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Service Number:	2247
Enlisted:	15 April 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Franklinford, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Franklinford, Hepburn, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 25 April 1918
Cemetery:	Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France Plot 111, Row Q, Grave 13. Headstone inscription reads: Gone but not forgotten, Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

15 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2247, 59th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
1 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2247, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
1 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2247, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne

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Son of Elizabeth Hatt formerly Seamons of 4 Robb Street, Spotswood, Victoria. Next of kin given as his brother John Seamons of Yandoit, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal