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HENLEY, Harold Leslie
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 118, Officer |
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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) |
Service History
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: '' | |
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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 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Lt. Col. Thomas Henley. K.B.E., M.L.A.