Henry Rich LONSDALE

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Service Number:	6550
Enlisted:	31 March 1916, Ballarat, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Blowhard, Ballarat North, Victoria
Schooling:	Williamstown Grammar School, Longerenong Agricultural College, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 10 May 1917
Cemetery:	Grevillers British Cemetery Plot I, Row A, Grave 10
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blowhard & District Roll of Honor, Miners Rest War Memorial, Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board

31 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6550, 8th Infantry Battalion, Ballarat, Vic.
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6550, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6550, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
8 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6550, 8th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), GSW to abdomen. Evacuated to 3rd CCS situated at Grevillers, where he died of his wounds two days later on 10 May 1917.

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