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FOXLEY-CONOLLY, Henry Montgomery
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 3153, 3153A, Q215063 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 November 1916, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | London, England, 31 October 1881 |
| Home Town: | Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Ore sampler |
| Died: | Natural causes, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 4 November 1958, aged 77 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Bassett Cemetery, Mackay, Qld C of E Section 1, Line 7, Plot 30- UNMARKED GRAVE |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3153, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Rockhampton, Queensland | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3153, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3153, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
| 23 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3153A, 49th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 14 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q215063 | |
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| 14 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Private, Q215063, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Mackay, Queensland | |
| 15 Apr 1942: | Involvement Private, Q215063, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, Page missing from Enlistment Register | |
| 21 Oct 1945: | Discharged Private, Q215063, 15th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Henry was a 'remittance' man with a small payment from his English family as long as he did not contact them. In 1916, aged 35, he left a wife and four young children in Queensland when he enlisted. On his return to Australia in 1920 two more children were born. He was much scarred by war, both physical and mentally but reared 6 children on his own, mostly in Queensland and died on 04 Nov 1958 aged 77.
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