RAYMOND, Harold McCheyne
| Service Number: | 2675 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brighton, Victoria, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Rossarden, Northern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School; Geelong College |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 9 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2675, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2675, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane | |
| 9 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 2675, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2675 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
HAROLD McCHEYNE RAYMOND who was killed in action between 6th and 10th April 1917 was the son of the Rev. A. R. Raymond. He was born in 1892 and was at the Preparatory School in 1903 and 1904. He left the Prep. when his family moved into the country, and then he attended Geelong College.
After his schooling he entered the Union Bank, Melbourne, and two years before his enlistment in the A.I.F. he was transferred to Brisbane in the service of the same bank, He enlisted in the year 1915 and became a member of the 26th Battalion, subsequently
being transferred to the 12th Battalion. After nearly two years' service he was killed at Easter time in April 1917 during the operations in the Bapaume district.
His chaplain, communicating with his father, says: " He was killed early on the morning of Easter Monday in helping to repel a heavy German counterattack. This was during the operations which resulted in the capture of the village of Boursies. I buried him the next day in a soldier's grave almost where he fell, and on the bank of the road from Boursies and Lagnicourt. You can think of him with pride. He knew his work and did it. I can give none of our boys out here higher praise than that." His Sergeant wrote : "There was no man in the battalion more highly thought of."
Biography
Harold McCheyne RAYMOND was born in 1892 in Brighton, Victoria
His parents were Arthur Rufus RAYMOND and Hannah WINTER
He enlisted on 13th July, 1915 with the 12th Battalion
Harold was Killed in Action between 6th & 10th April, 1917
He has no known grave & is commemorated in the Australian National Memorial, Villers Bretonneux, France -record states he died 9th April, 1917
OBITUARY - The Queenslander Brisbane 19th May, 1917
RAYMOND - Killed in Action in France between the 6th & 10th April, Harold McCheyne (Ray) "one of the boys" and a dear comrade and friend. Another hero who responded when duty called. Inserted by Florence E Ford.
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