Henry James CAPP

CAPP, Henry James

    Service Number: 3075
    Enlisted: 23 September 1916, Enlisted at Mackay, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 4th Machine Gun Battalion
    Born: Stewkley, Buckinghamshire, England, 1894
    Home Town: Drayton, Toowoomba, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Queensland, Australia, 30 June 1966, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Mount Bassett Cemetery, Mackay, Qld
    Church of England area, Section 1, Row 25, Grave 11. Interred on 1 July 1966
    Memorials: Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3075, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Mackay, QLD
    17 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 3075, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
    17 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 3075, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
    11 Jul 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion, From 4th Pioneer Battalion
    6 May 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, From 15th Battalion
    20 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3075, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, Slight wound to the left ankle embarking for England on 9 September 1918
    3 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3075, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Thomas Capp and Annie Capp nee Hanley of Stewkley , England

    Husband of Bessie Capp nee Mead of Buckinghamshire, England. Henry and Bessie married on 24 December 1918 in St. Michael's Church, WinslowStewkley, England. Vicar Archibald J. Moxon officiated

    Commenced return to Australia on 25 January 1919 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on the 26 March 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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