ESTOPPEY, Henry Thomas
| Service Number: | 1627 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Windsor, Victoria, Australia , 3 June 1897 |
| Home Town: | Briagolong, Wellington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Pneumonia, France, 8 January 1917, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais - Hauts-de-France Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 2A. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Briagolong Honor Roll, Briagolong State School No 1117 Roll of Honor, Briagolong War Memorial, Maffra Shire Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 8 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1627, 3rd Pioneer Battalion | |
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| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 1627, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 1627, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Henry or ‘Harry’ Estoppey left Australia during June 1916 and arrived in France during November 1916. He was only in France for one month when he fell sick on Christmas Day 1916. He was treated for bronchitis and sent to the 2nd Australian General Hospital in Boulogne, but died of pneumonia.
His mother was Caroline Ellen Estoppey and his father was reported to have been in an asylum. His mother had another son from a previous relationship, 2619A Cpl. John Rule Chilton 7th Battalion AIF, who had already died at Pozieres during 1916, aged 25.
Henry’s other brother 55137 Pte Frederick Montague Estoppey 8th Battalion AIF, returned to Australia in 1919.
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