HARVEY, Hyland Jesse
| Service Number: | 1659 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 October 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Beckley, England, 2 June 1893 |
| Home Town: | Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Beckley National School |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 5 September 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board HR, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1659, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 20 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1659, 49th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 20 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1659, 49th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney | |
| 5 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1659, 49th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was the son of Stephen & Alice Jane Harvey of "Milltown," Beckley.
He emigrated to Australia in 1913.
He is remembered in Sussex, England on the Beckley village war memorial- a Cross which stands on the green outside the church of All Saints. There is another memorial in the Parish Church of All Saints plus details on the Lych Gate, some other details inside the church and on the lych gate.
Biography contributed by John Edwards
"...1659 Private Hyland Jesse Harvey, 49th Battalion. Pte Harvey, a plumber from Brisbane, Qld, prior to enlisting on 5 October 1915, embarked from Sydney aboard SS Hawkes Bay on 20 April 1916. He was killed by a shell at Mouquet Farm, France on 5 September 1916. He was 23 years of age." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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