Virtual War Memorial | Harold Leslie HENLEY

Harold Leslie HENLEY Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

HENLEY, Harold Leslie

Service Numbers:	118, Officer
Enlisted:	31 March 1915, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1893
Home Town:	Drummoyne, Canada Bay, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Grammar School, Sydney University
Occupation:	Under graduate, Faculty of Arts
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 15 August 1916, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914:	Involvement Private, 118, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
19 Aug 1914:	Embarked Private, 118, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
31 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 13th Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW
20 Aug 1915:	Embarked Lieutenant, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney
20 Aug 1915:	Involvement Lieutenant, 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
15 Aug 1916:	Involvement Captain, 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1916-08-15

Help us honour Harold Leslie Henley's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Lt. Col. Thomas Henley. K.B.E., M.L.A.