Henry Renton (Harry) BRITTAIN

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Other Name:	BRITTAIN, Harry Renton - CWGC
Service Number:	1321
Enlisted:	15 April 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Nirranda, Moyne, Victoria
Schooling:	Warrnambool and Korois State Schools, Victoria
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Illness (Meningitis), Egypt, 14 July 1915, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Plot B, Grave 329, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nirranda and District Honor Roll, Warrnambool Soldiers' Memorial

15 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1321, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
Date unknown:	Involvement 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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24 Battalion

Rank - Private

Son of Henry and Ada Elizabeth Brittain of Narranda, Victoria, Australia. Brother of Ralph Brittan of Boggy Creek, Allansford, Victoria, Australia

Harry's father disappeared without traced on the 19 April 1922