STRATFORD, Henry Thomas
Service Number: | 5117 |
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Enlisted: | 3 May 1917 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Southampton England, October 1873 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Sailmaker |
Died: | Accidental, New Zealand Military Hospital, Codford, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 4 March 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Codford St. Mary (St. Mary) New Churchyard, Wiltshire, England Codford St. Mary New Churchyard (97), Wiltshire, Codford St Mary (St Mary) New Churchyard, Codford, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
3 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5117, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
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14 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 5117, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
14 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 5117, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney |
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The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 4th March........Private Henry Thomas Stratford was born at Southampton, England around 1873. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 3rd May, 1917 & was a 43 year old, single, Sailmaker from Brisbane, Queensland.
Private Stratford arrived in England on 26th August, 1917 for further training before being sent to the Front. He was posted to 8th Training Battalion at Hurdcott, Wiltshire on 26th August, 1917 then transferred to 14th Training Battalion at Codford, Wiltshire on 5th November, 1917.
Private Stratford was admitted to New Zealand Military Hospital on 23rd February, 1918 with a compound fracture of skull after falling from a train. His Medical Case Sheet states he was “admitted deeply unconscious”.
Private Henry Thomas Stratford died at 4 a.m. on 4th March, 1918 at No. 3 New Zealand General Hospital of a fractured skull the result of a Railway accident. He had not regained consciousness. A Post Mortem was conducted on 5th March, 1918 & cause of death was recorded as “Laceration of Brain.” A Court of Enquiry was held & the verdict was death from Compound Depressed Fracture of the Skull, caused by injuries accidently sustained in alighting from a train in motion near Codford Station G.W.R. on the 23rd February 1918.
Private Stratford was buried in St. Mary's New Cemetery (Anzac Cemetery) at Codford, Wiltshire, where 30 other WW1 Australian Soldiers (& 66 New Zealand Soldiers) are buried.
Photos courtesy of Romy Wyeth, Codford.
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