PILLOW, Henry Fenton
| Service Number: | 568 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 March 1915, C Squadron Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, 5 March 1893 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Newton State School, Flinders State School, Geelong College & Dookie Agricultural College |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 18 August 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot V, Row A, Grave 12, Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Daours, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 568, 13th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron Melbourne | |
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| 28 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 568, 13th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 28 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 568, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 12 Jun 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, For conspicuous gallantry | |
| 26 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Aug 1918: | Involvement Private, 568, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 568 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-18 | |
| 18 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 568, 24th Infantry Battalion, Shell wounds to right buttock |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Henry Fenton PILLOW was born on 5th March, 1893 in Geelong, Victoria
His parents were Henry PILLOW from Armagh, Ireland and Harriet Amelia FAIRMANfrom Donegal, Ireland who were living at "Minerva, Laurel Bank Parade, Geelong - they married on 2nd May 1882 in the Church of England in Shepparton, Victoria
He had previous service for 5 years in the Senior Cadets and 2 years & 4 months in the Light Horse at Geelong & was a Trooper in the 11th Light Horse until 1913 and prior to that a cadet in Captain Rushalls Mounted Cadets before he enlisted in Melbourne on 2nd March, 1915 & embarked with the 13th Light Horse Regiment (C Squadron) on the ship Persic on 28th May, 1915
He served as an infantryman at Gallipoli until the Evacuation and then went to France
Henry died of wounds on 18th August, 1918 at the 55th Casualty Clearing Station and is buried in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension
The inscription on his headstone reads:
"SON OF H. & A. PILLOW OF GEELONG
STILL LIVING, STILL LOVING, STILL OURS"
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
On 12th June, 1917 while still with the 13th Light Horse he was awarded a Military Medal
"At Niorchies, France on the morning of 15th April, 1917 during an enemy attack on Lagincourt and Louverval, Trooper Pillow displayed conspicuous gallantry in carrying out his duties as Mounted Despatch Rider attached to the Signal Service of the 3rd Australian Infantry Brigade.
He carried important despatches under very heavy shell fire to the Battalions in the line, most of the ground over which he had to work being in full view of the enemy.
From 13th to 27th April, 1917 , he continued to carry out similar duties, frequently under very hazardous conditions in a conspicuously gallant and able way" Source: Commonwealth Gazette No. 189 dated 8th November, 1917
Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal.
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His brother Roy Nelson PILLOW (SN 14061) who was a Cadet with the Australian Flying Squadron (7th Squadron) died 6 days after Henry on 24th August, 1918 in an aeroplane accident
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OBITUARY from Herald, Melbourne, 7th September, 1918 page 16
SOLDIER BROTHERS KILLED
Within one week, Mr. & Mrs H Pillow of Geelong, have lost two soldiers sons on active service.
Trooper Henry Fenton Pillow, M.M. (13th Vic. Light Horse is reported to have died of wounds on August 18. He served in the Gallipoli campaign and later in France where he was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field
His younger brother, Cadet Roy N Pillow, late of the 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, France is reported to have been accidentally killed on August 24, whle flying in an aeroplane in England (Leighterton)
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