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Chronicle (Adelaide, SA: 1895 - 1954) Thursday 8 July 1954

DEATHS

ALLGOOD. — On July 2, at Royal Adelaide Hospital, Henry Thomas Allgood, of 5 Field street, Bowden, beloved brother of Arthur. Aged 80 years.

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News (Adelaide, SA: 1923 - 1954) Friday 2 July 1954

FUNERAL NOTICES

ALLGOOD.—The Friends of the late Mr. HENRY THOMAS ALLGOOD (The Bird), late 32nd Batt., 1st A.I.F., of 5 Field street, Bowden are respectfully informed that his Funeral will Leave the Funeral Parlors 95 Port road, Hindmarsh, on SATURDAY, at 11.15 a.m., for the Cheltenham Cemetery. F. T ELLIOTT & SONS, Funeral Directors, Hindmarsh.

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Henry was the son of William Henry Burton ALLGOOD & Sarah TURNER and was born in January 1874 at 7 Knox Road, Battersea, Surrey, England.
He was baptised on the 11th of January 1874 in Christ Church, Battersea.

His parents were married on the 6th of July 1855 in St Margaret’s Registry Office, Westminster, Middlesex, London.

His father was the son of William ALLGOOD & Ann WILKES and was born in 1837 in Southwark, Surrey, England.
His mother was the daughter of William & Mary Ann TURNER and was born in 1838 in Westminster, Middlesex, London.

Henry was the eighth child born into this family of 9 children.

His father was a labourer and the family lived at 7 Knox Road, Battersea, Surrey, England.

Henry’s 4 older siblings were all born in Westminster, Middlesex.

Henry arrived in South Australia with his parents and some of his siblings on the 11th of October 1875 on board the Trevelyn from Plymouth.
They made their first home in Maria Street, Thebarton and his father gained employment as a labourer.
By 1886 they had moved to Bowden and Henry had gained employment as a tobacco twister.
He was admitted into the Adelaide Hospital on the 17th of March 1889 with a fractured right fibula.

By 1895 they had moved to Franklin Street, Adelaide and then by 1903 they had moved to Port Road, Bowden.

In 1915 Henry was living at Willmott Street, Glanville with parents.

At the age of 40, Henry enlisted into the 1st AIF on the 21st of July 1915 in Keswick, SA and allotted the service number 28 and posted to K Group, Base Infantry.

On the 16th of August he was transferred to the newly raised 32nd Battalion, A Company in Mitcham Camp, as part of the 8th Brigade.

Henry embarked from Adelaide on board the troopship HMAT Geelong on Thursday the 18th of November, disembarked in Port Suez on the 18th of December and entrained to Moascar Camp.

On the 15th of March Henry was transferred to the newly formed 14th Field Artillery Brigade and posted to the 54th Battery before being transferred as a Gunner to the 5th Division Artillery Column.
Due to a surplus of men he was then transferred to details at the 4th Training Battalion in Tel-el-Kebir.
He embarked from Alexandria in early June and disembarked in Marseilles where he later rejoined the 14th Field Artillery Brigade, 54th Battery.

He served in France until the 4th of January 1917 when he suffered from a hernia and was hospitalised.
He was then deemed medically unfit for service and was transferred to England and attached for duty at the 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital in Bulford.

Henry embarked from England on the 20th of December 1917 on board HMAT Runic and after spending Christmas 1917 on board the transport he disembarked in Melbourne on the 13th of February 1918 and entrained to Adelaide the following day.

He was discharged, medically unfit, from the AIF on the 28th of February 1918 and granted a war pension of £1/10- per fortnight, which decrease to 30/- and then to 15/- on the 29th of August 1918.

Henry returned home to his parents at Willmott Street, Glanville and gained employment as a labourer.

On the 1st of November 1921 his mother died at their home and they buried her in the Cheltenham Cemetery; Section O, Drive C, Path 40, Site Number 92C.

Fourteen months later his father died on the 1st of January 1923 and they buried him in the Cheltenham Cemetery; Section O, Drive C, Path 40, Site Number 92S, next to their mother.

By 1939 Henry was living at 6 Gibson Street, Bowden and in 1941 he move into the Myrtle Bank Soldier Home and in July 1942 he was admitted into the Adelaide Hospital for 2 weeks.

On the 20th of June 1945 he was admitted into the Adelaide Hospital for 3 weeks and on his discharge he went to live with his niece (Emily May GOODWIN) and her family.
Emily had married George Irving SMITH and they lived at 5 Field Street, Bowden.

On the 27th of May 1954 Henry tripped on the high kerbing on the corner of Park Terrace and Field Street and fell heavily onto the road.

A man picked him up and carried him back to his home, where his niece called the doctor the following day and he was admitted into the Adelaide Hospital suffering from a fractured neck of his left femur.

Henry died on Friday the 2nd of July 1954 in the Adelaide Hospital from bronchial pneumonia and congestive cardiac failure.

He was buried the following day in the Cheltenham Cemetery; Section O, Drive C, Path 40, Site Number 92C, with his mother and sister Alice CANN.

ALLGOOD. — On July 2, at Royal Adelaide Hospital, Henry Thomas Allgood, of 5 Field street, Bowden, beloved brother of Arthur. Aged 80 years.

ALLGOOD.—The Friends of the late Mr. HENRY THOMAS ALLGOOD (The Bird), late 32nd Batt., 1st A.I.F., of 5 Field street, Bowden are respectfully informed that his Funeral will Leave the Funeral Parlors 95 Port road, Hindmarsh, on SATURDAY, at 11.15 a.m., for the Cheltenham Cemetery. F. T ELLIOTT & SONS, Funeral Directors, Hindmarsh.

Military

At the age of 40, Henry enlisted into the 1st AIF on the 21st of July 1915 in Keswick, SA and allotted the service number 28 and posted to K Group, Base Infantry.
He listed his mother, of Willmott Street, Glanville, as his next of kin.

On the 16th of August he was transferred to the 32nd Battalion, A Company in Mitcham Camp, as part of the 8th Brigade.
While 'A' and 'B' Companies were made up of recruits from South Australia, 'C' and 'D' Companies were formed in Perth and underwent their training at the Blackboy Hill Training Camp.

Then on the 16th of September the Battalion moved to Cheltenham Race Course Camp and attended their Musketry Training in Pt Adelaide.

The 2 Western Australia Companies then sailed on the transport HMAT Indarra and joining the rest of the Battalion in Cheltenham Camp on the 30th of September.

Amidst a scene of unparalleled enthusiasm, Henry and the 32nd Battalion of Infantry, under Colonel Coghill, embarked on board the troopship HMAT Geelong at Outer Harbour on Thursday the 18th of November.

Long before the vessel was ready to sail the wharf was besieged by friends of the troop, anxious to say farewell and to give the brave boys a fitting send-off on their mission to fight the Empire's battles on foreign soil.

The whole scene as the hour of departure approached was a never-to-be-forgotten picture. Thousands of people congregated at the wharf side, and the interim of waiting between embarkation and the moving off of the great ship was occupied in the passage of messages and parting gifts, in the singing of patriotic songs, and cheers for the Empire.

Whilst at sea the Battalion practiced close bayonet fighting and held boxing matches.
Unfortunately, after one of the boxing matches, Private Alfred Ernest BRIDGER died of shock, brought on by exhaustion, on the 7th of December 1915 and they buried him at sea.

On the 14th of December they arrived at Pt Suez at 5am, disembarked 4 days later and entrained to Moascar Camp and pitched their tents.
Four days later they took over El Ferdan Post from the 33rd Punjabis and they spent their first Christmas here.
They then moved to Ismailia on the 21st of January 1916 and after 2 weeks of training they marched out to Moascar Station and entrained to Tel-el-Kebir.

Whilst here, on the 4th of February Henry disobeyed an order and failed to attend parade and was awarded 1 day forfeited pay and 7 days confined to camp.
On the 15th of March Henry was transferred to the newly formed 14th Field Artillery Brigade and posted to the 54th Battery and 8 days later they entrained for Ismailia and marched to Ferry Post and relieved the Auckland Battalion on Garrison duty.

Here on the 3rd of May he was transferred as a Gunner to the 5th Division Artillery Column.
The DAC’s were part of the larger ammunition supply chain for the artillery. They collected ammunition from the Army Service Corps Divisional Ammunition Park and transported it to a designated re-filling point.
Each Division had an Ammunition Column to keep ammunition up to the guns by moving it from "Third line" storage up to the Front ("First Line"). It was a mammoth task involving motor and horse drawn transport, heavy and light rail and tramways. Ammunition dumps and transport near the Front Line were high priority targets of the enemy's guns, and later, aircraft.
Horse drawn transport laden with ammunition was a doubly risky business. Horses were vulnerable to all forms of small arms and artillery and the cargo is such that a hit was generally catastrophic.

On the 25th of May due to a surplus in men Henry was transferred to details at the 4th Training Battalion in Tel-el-Kebir.
He embarked from Alexandria on board HMT Ionian on the 7th of June, disembarked in Marseilles on the 15th and marched into the 4th ADBD (Australian Divisional Base Depot) in Etaples.

On the 21st of August Henry was taken on strength with the 14th Field Artillery Brigade at Frezenberg, near Passchendaele and posted to the 54th Battery.

The Batteries were capable of a range of almost 3.7 miles (6 kilometres) with their 18 pound guns and they fired a range of ammunition including; High Explosive fragmentation, Shrapnel, Smoke, Gas, Star (illumination) and Armour Piercing projectiles.

They remained here until the 8th of September when they marched 35 miles into billets at Nieurlet and went into rest and training before moving to Dickebusch..
In October they were tasked with searching and sweeping at Celtic Wood and by mid November had move to Bailleul.
Their next moved was to Estree, for a rest, where they spent Christmas 1917
Whilst here, on the 4th of January 1917, Henry suffered from a hernia and was admitted into a Field Ambulance and transferred to the 1st New Zealand Stationary Hospital in Amiens.
Three days later he was transferred to the 2nd Convalescent Depot in Rouen and then discharged to Base Depot in Etaples 2 days later.

On the 30th of January Henry was found without a pass in Etaples and was forfeited 2 days pay.
Henry was then medically classified unfit for active serve on the 13th of February, embarked for England and marched into No.2 Command Depot in Weymouth as Permanent Base detail.
On the 7th of April he was detached to duty at the 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital Bulford where he remained until the 28th of November when he was transferred back to No.2 Command Depot in Weymouth.

Henry embarked from England on the 20th of December 1917 on board HMAT Runic and after spending Christmas 1917 on board the transport he disembarked in Melbourne on the 13th of February 1918 and entrained to Adelaide the following day.

He was discharged, medically unfit, from the AIF on the 28th of February 1918 and awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory Medals.

On the 1st of March he was granted a war pension of £1/10- per fortnight, which decrease to 30/- and then to 15/- on the 29th of August 1918.