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SCALES, Henry James Munro
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5701 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Footscray. Victoria, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Lavers Hill, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Ganger 0 Railway construction |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 March 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5701, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5701, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 20 Mar 1917: | Involvement Private, 5701, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5701 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-03-20 |
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Henry James Munro SCALES was born in 1888 in Fitzroy, Victoria
His parents were George SCALES and Eliza BURT
S/N 5701 -Henry joined the 21st Battalion, 15th reinforcements on 1st August 1916
Unit embarked Melbourne on HMAT Shropshire on 25th September 1916
He married Sarah WESTON in 1914 - two children
Harry Weston born 1917 and May Elizabeth b. 1914
He was Killed in Action 20th March, 1917 in France
No known grave - he is commemorated in the Australian National Memorial, Villers Bretonneux, France