Henry HONEYCHURCH

HONEYCHURCH, Henry

    Service Number: 206
    Enlisted: 1 October 1914, Enlisted at Bright, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Wandilgong, Victoria, Australia, 1893
    Home Town: Wandiligong, Alpine, Victoria
    Schooling: State School Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Butcher
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 April 1915
    Cemetery: Courtney’s and Steel's Post Cemetery
    Special Memorial, Grave 14 Headstone inscription reads: Greater love hath no man than this, Courtney's and Steel's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bright Memorial Clock Tower
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    World War 1 Service

    1 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 206, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bright, Victoria
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 206, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    12 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 206, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of William Frederick Honeychurch and Isabel Forsysth Honeychurch nee Brown of Ireland Street, Bright, Victoria. Brother of Ethel Isabel Honeychurch, Frederick Honeychurch, George Hector Honeychurch who was killed in action on 23 August 1918 while serving with the 5th Battalion and was buried in the Heath Cemtery, Harbonnieres, France Plot V, Row D, Grave 17 and William Honeychurch who returned to Australia on 1 July 1919,

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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