HARVEY, Wilfred George
| Service Number: | 6280 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 April 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Southampton, England, 17 August 1879 |
| Home Town: | Hurstville, Kogarah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Galston Public School |
| Occupation: | Labourer, Railway Boiler Maker's Assistant |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 5 May 1917, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
Grevillers British Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6280, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6280, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6280, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 5 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6280, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second) |
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Biography contributed by John Oakes
Wilfred George HARVEY (Service Number 6280) was born in Southampton, England, on 17th August 1879. He joined the NSW Government Railways as a boilermakers’ helper at Eveleigh Workshops in 1912. In April 1916 he enlisted in the AIF in Sydney. He gave his wife, Margarite, as his next of kin.
He embarked from Sydney in September 1916 on HMAT ‘Euripides’. He landed in England in October, was sent to France in December, and ‘taken on strength’ by the 2nd Battalion in January 1917.
He was wounded in action on 5 May 1917 (penetrating wounds of abdomen) and died at the 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station the same day. He was buried in Grevillers British Cemetery, 1¼ miles W of Bapaume.
War pensions were granted to his widow and three children, Elizabeth Mary, John Wilfred and Margaret Mabel.
- based on notes from the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour and the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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