Henry Patrick (Harry) CRITCHLEY

CRITCHLEY, Henry Patrick

    Service Number: 4996
    Enlisted: 27 March 1916, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 27th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Callington, South Australia, Australia, 25 July 1895
    Home Town: Gumbowie, Peterborough, South Australia
    Schooling: Gumbowie Public School, South Australia
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Killed in Action, Hamel, France, 24 June 1918, aged 22 years
    Cemetery: Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux
    Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 5), Fouilloy, France, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kanmantoo War Memorial, Nairne War Memorial, Peterborough St Anacletus Catholic Church Honour Board WW1, Sunnybrae School and District Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    27 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    27 Jun 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4996, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
    27 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4996, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne
    Date unknown: Involvement 4996, 32nd Infantry Battalion
    Date unknown: Involvement 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
    Date unknown: Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal.

    The Register (Adelaide, SA: 1901 - 1929) Saturday 13 July 1918

    LATE CPL. H. CRITCHLEY.

    Cpl. Henry Critchley, 32nd Battalion, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Critchley, of Peterborough,   who was killed in action in France on June 24, was 23 years of age. He sailed for the front in July, 1916. A brother, Pte. Michael Critchley, made the supreme sacrifice in June of last year. The eldest brother, Pte. J. O. Critchley was invalided home from France in the following December.

    http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60366858

     

     

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