Henry John DALZELL

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DALZELL, Henry John

Service Number:	3290
Enlisted:	22 June 1917
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	1899, place not yet discovered
Home Town:	Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Rozelle PS and Sydney Technical High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Driver
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Sydney Technical High School WW1 Roll Of Honour

World War 1 Service

22 Jun 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3290, 34th Infantry Battalion
16 Jul 1917:	Involvement Private, 3290, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1917:	Embarked Private, 3290, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Sydney
Date unknown:	Wounded 3290, 34th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Sydney Technical High School

Henry John Dalzell was born in Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia in 1896 (2). Dalzell was raised by father, Henry Dalzell and mother, Ellen Dalzell. Dalzell attended primary and secondary school, first in Rozelle Public School and later, Sydney Technical High School (3). His religion was Roman Catholic. Before enlisting, Dalzell's occupation was driver (4).

Dalzell enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on the 22nd June 1917 at the age of 21 and 7 months(5). Dalzell was ranked private in the 34th Infantry Battalion. He embarked on 16 July 1917, on the HMAT Port Melbourne A16 (7).

On 11 May 1918 Dalzell was pronounced missing in action as he was taken POW during the German Spring offensive, a series of attacks on the Western Front involving heavy artillery barrages. During this time, Dalzell suffered an unidentified injury (9). Fortunately, Dalzell survived this encounter. He was repatriated to England on 31 December 1918, where he recovered before finally returning to Australia on 5 April 1919 (10).

Once Dalzell returned to Australia, he married Jessica Turner in 1920 at the age of 21 (11). Soon after, his father, Henry Dalzell passed away on 12th April 1921 (12). Dalzell worked as a labourer in Glebe, Balmain North during 1930 (13). Later, Dalzell remarried to Beryl Joyce Middleton in 1945, in Canterbury. From 1949 to 1977, Dalzell worked various jobs throughout wider Sydney. The first of these jobs was as a laboratory assistant in Ashfield during 1949 (14). In 1954, Dalzell worked as a labourer in Clovelly and then, as a broadcast technician in Naremburm (15). During 1958, Dalzell performed as a minister in 1958 (16). Finally, Dalzell switched to working as a clergyman in 1963, Boolaroo (17). He continued performing the occupation of clergyman in 1977, NSW, Toronto (18). It was unknown when exactly Dalzell passed away but his last recorded occupation states he was at minimum, the age of 81. Dalzell is commemorated on the Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial and the Sydney Technical High School WW1 Roll Of Honour (22).

References
1. Australians in World War 1 https://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/wwone_soldiers/casualties#:~:text=Australian%20Casualties,%2C%20gassed%2C%20or%20taken%20prisoner.
2. DALZELL, Henry John, Virtual War Memorial Australiahttps://vwma.org.au/explore/people/352348
3. Honour Board soldier Word file DALZELL, Henry Johnhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1pOBNs1bCihrYSIs-O3VHmgrVbqQi2p9i/edit
4. Ibid
5. Ibid
6. Ibid
7. Ibid
8. Ibid
9. National Archives Australia (NAA) B2455, DALZELL H, Digitalcopyhttps://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/BasicSearch.aspx
10.Ibid
11. Honour Board soldier Word file DALZELL, Henry Johnhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1pOBNs1bCihrYSIs-O3VHmgrVbqQi2p9i/edit
12.Ibid
13.Honour Board soldier Word file DALZELL, AustraliaElectoral Rolls, 1903-1980 for Henry John Dalzellhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1pOBNs1bCihrYSIs-O3VHmgrVbqQi2p9i/edit
14.Ibid
15.Ibid
16.Ibid
17.Ibid
18.Ibid
19.DALZELL, Henry John, Virtual War Memorial Australia 20.https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/352348
National Archives Australia (NAA) B2455, DALZELL H, Digital copy 21.https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/BasicSearch.aspx
22.DALZELL, Henry John, Virtual War Memorial Australia https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/352348