STRADLING, Harry
| Service Numbers: | 2529, Q200115 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Upper Holloway, London, UK, 12 December 1895 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mill Hand |
| Memorials: | Pemberton Honour Board, Pemberton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 14 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 2529, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2529, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2529, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Chilka, Fremantle | |
| 20 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, 2529, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 13 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, 4th Field Ambulance | |
| 14 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, 2529, 4th Field Ambulance, per Benalla | |
| 29 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 2529, 4th Field Ambulance |
World War 2 Service
| 10 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Q200115, 1 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (QLD | |
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| 10 Apr 1942: | Enlisted | |
| 21 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Q200115, 1 BATTALION VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS (QLD) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Harry Stradling, born in Upper Holloway in London, arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on board the Ajana in July 1912. He wroked in Big Brook, Nelson and Bridgetown Western Australia as a Mill Hand until he enlisted in the AIF in May 1915. Harry served as a Private (Service No: 2529) with 48th Battalion, 16th Battalion and 4th Field Ambulance until his Discharge in July 1919. He was Wounded in Action in Boulogne, France on 10 August 1916.
Following his return from WWI, Harry worked in Esk on the Darling Downs in QLD as a Timber Worker and in 1923 he married Annie Doole.
They lived and worked in Alderley in Brisbane, QLD, where Harry was a Tennis Shoe Maker until his death in 1963. Harry served with the ACMF as a Private (Service No:Q200115) with 1 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (QLD) from 1942 - 1945
Daughter Violet May (Vi) Stradling served with the ACMF during WWII