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MAYER, Henry
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 15737, 2873 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Stockport, Lancaster, England, 1 January 1893 |
Home Town: | Mortdale, Hurstville, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | NSW Gov Railways |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery Plot 1V, Row B, Grave 5, Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Mortdale War Memorial, Sutherland WW1 Memorial Wall |
Service History
World War 1 Service
14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 15737, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 15737, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
20 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 2873, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2873 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-20 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement 55th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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in 2009 a mass grave was located after an Australian, Lambis Englezos persauded the Australian Government that he had information that soldiers killed during 1916 had been buried in 3 areas after the Battle of Fromelles.
Private Henry Mayer's body was one of those found and identified using DNA.