Allan Henry AVARD

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AVARD, Allan Henry

Service Number:	1891
Enlisted:	10 January 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Thornton, New South Wales, Australia, June 1892
Home Town:	Thornton, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Turro Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	crane worker (hooker on at Cranes, Bullock Island, N.S.W.)
Died:	Pleurisy, 1st Canadian Clearing Station, France, 15 February 1917
Cemetery:	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row A, Grave 47), France, Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France, St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board

World War 1 Service

10 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1891, 35th Infantry Battalion
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 1891, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
4 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 1891, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.

104 years ago today, on the 15th February 1917, Private Allan Henry Avard, 35th Battalion (Reg No-1891), crane worker (hooker on at Cranes, Bullock Island, N.S.W.), from Thornton, New South Wales, died from pleurisy, age-24.

Born at Thornton, New South Wales 1892 to William Henry (died 1916) and Henrietta Spencer (died 1935 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136840639) Avard of High Street, East Maitland, New South Wales and 6 Morpeth Street, East Maitland, N.S.W., Allan enlisted January 1916 at Broadmeadow, N.S.W. It was reported that Allan was living with sister at Carrington, N.S.W.

Admitted to hospital 9.2.1917 (pleurisy), Allan is resting at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Plot III Row A Grave 47.

Mr Avard’s name has been inscribed on the Carrington Citizens' Memorial Gates, Newcastle Central Methodist Mission Roll of Honour, Newcastle Methodist Church Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled on the 2nd January 1916, 7 names originally inscribed, 44 names now inscribed), Woodberry-Tarro Public School Roll of Honour, Miller's Forest G.U.O.O.F. Roll of Honour - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122665281, NSW Govt Railways and Tramways Roll of Honour, 1914-1919 and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.

I have placed poppies at the gravesite of Allan’s parents in remembrance of his supreme sacrifice for God, King and Country. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) G SE.70.

Lest We Forget.

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