Albert HARREX

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Service Numbers:	1329, 1329A
Enlisted:	29 December 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ouse, Tasmania, 1882
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Illness (Cerebro spinal meningitis), At sea (HS Star of England), 29 December 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Panel 46, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

29 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1329, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
12 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1329A, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
12 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1329A, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane
7 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1329A, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Severe gunshot wound to the chest and invalided to Malta on 14 August 1915. On 29 August 1915 embarked the Oxfordshire for England enroute to King George Hospital, London. 12 December 1915 boarded the HS Star of England for return to Australia but died enroute
29 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 1329, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1329 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-12-29

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Son of Ann Harrex of Liverpool Street, Hobart, Tasmania. Brother of Rowland Harrex of Becko, Central Otago, NZ.

In a letter to Base Records Rowalnd stated that Albert had been working in the mines at Cobar, NSW until he enlisted

12 December 1915 - commenced return to Australia (wound to the chest) on board HS Star of England but died en route

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal