POLAIN, Henry James
| Service Number: | 4190 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Leadlight Worker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 November 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gilberton Soldiers Memorial Swimming Reserve, Lower North Adelaide War Memorial WW1, North Adelaide Public School Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4190, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4190, 27th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Nicholas Egan
Margaret Phillips
Club Historian Gilberton Amateur Swimming Club Inc.
Harry worked at Clarkson Ltd in Adelaide when he enlisted. He had married his wife Ann Phillis Roney, daughter of John William Roney of lower North Adelaide, on 7 January 1908 at St Paul’s Church Flinders Street by Rev. Canon Sunter. Henry was the eldest son of John and Marian Polain of 87 Melbourne Street North Adelaide. Her brother Cyril George Roney also enlisted.
Harry left to join the British Expeditionary Forces at Alexandria on 10 May 1916, arriving in Marseilles France on 18 May 1916. He was taken on strength on 11 August 1916 and killed in action on 5 November 1916.
Harry’s three children James William, Kenneth Cyril and Mahala Mary were recipients when his Will was declared. The family had moved to 32 Mann Terrace North Adelaide on his enlistment but after his death moved to 34 Gilbert Street Gilberton.
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