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PROCTER, Henry Adam
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
| Born: | Liverpool, England, 15 November 1883 |
| Home Town: | Burnley, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Minister of Religion |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
Dived of Troopship to save young woman
Mr H. A. Procter was the gallant chaplain, who recently assisted to rescue a young woman at Port Melbourne, when she was accidentally pushed over the pier by the crowd, as a troop ship was leaving. Mr Procter was on the vessel as a chaplain for the Churches of Christ, and Is going to the front. He dived from the second deck, and helped the young woman's lover and another soldier to rescue her. He is the preacher at the Coppin street Church of Christ, North Richmond.
Weekly Times Saturday 26 May 1917 page 8
Submitted 31 January 2018 by Faithe Jones
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