HEATH, Kenneth Le Strange Hamilton Maccelsfield
| Service Number: | 7375 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 15 February 1917, Served as a Captain in the Boer War |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Corps Working Party |
| Born: | Moonipur India, July 1883 |
| Home Town: | Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | 65 Broadmeadow Road, Broadmeadow, N.S.W., 15 September 1949, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-181. 12. |
| Memorials: | Merewether Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7375, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Served as a Captain in the Boer War | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 May 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 7375, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1917: | Embarked Sergeant, 7375, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne | |
| 29 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, Tunnelling Companies | |
| 21 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, Australian Corps Working Party | |
| 20 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7375, Australian Corps Working Party, 2nd MD |
Help us honour Kenneth Le Strange Hamilton Maccelsfield Heath's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
71 years ago today, on the Saturday morning of the 17th September 1949, Sergeant Kenneth Le Strange Hamilton Maccelsfield Heath (MSM), Australian Corps Working Party (Reg No-7375), soldier (Sgt Major), from Mitchell Street, Merewether, New South Wales and 65 Broadmeadow Road, Broadmeadow, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 67. ANGLICAN 3-181. 12.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134164378 - funeral notice states service.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134164300 - obituary states suffered from mustard gas.
Born at Moonipur, India about 1882 to Albert Edward and Jean Heath; husband of Ruth Heath nee Williams (married 1917, Adamstown, N.S.W., died 1978), Kenneth enlisted February 1917 with the 3rd Battalion at Sydney, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 15.10.1918 (asthma), 25.10.1918 (bronchitis), Kenneth returned home February 1919, being discharged medically unfit (varicose veins) on the 20th March 1919.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162564847
Mr Heath’s name has been inscribed on the Merewether (Mitchell Park) Memorial Gates.
The tragic circumstances of Mr Heath’s death was reported.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167107789
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label, kindly supplied by Andrea Gerrard and John Thomas, to honour Mr Heath’s service for God, King and Country.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=33290#2
Also served as Captain in the Boer War and Warrant Officer, Australian Instructional Corps (35th Battalion, WW2).
Service record states Died after Discharge.
Lest We Forget.
Click images to start slideshow.