Harold William FORCE DCM, MID

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FORCE, Harold William

Service Number:	13
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Western Australian Mounted Infantry
Born:	North Adelaide, South Australia, 21 December 1882
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of Wounds, Waterval Onder, South Africa, 14 September 1900, aged 17 years
Cemetery:	Wayside Inn Cemetery, Waterval-Onder, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, WA Kings Park Boer War Memorial

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 13
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 13, 1st Western Australian Mounted Infantry
16 Apr 1901:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, The Boer Offensive, London Gazette. 16 April 1901 on page 2608 at position 71. (Posthumous)
19 Apr 1901:	Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, The Boer Offensive, London Gazette. 19 April 1901 on page 2708 at position 1. (Posthumous)

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Harold William FORCE was born on 21st December, 1882 in North Adelaide, South Australia

His parents were Harry FORCE & Susan JACOBS

He died of wounds on 14th September, 1900 aged 17 years & 9 months

He is buried in Wayside Inn Cemetery - Waterval Onder (South Africa)

Biography contributed by Maurice Kissane

Harold William Force was an underage enlistment. He was 17 years old when he died of wounds. Harold was gazetted M.I.D. on 16 April 1901. Three day later, on 19 April 1901, he was gazetted D.C.M. His Imperial Honours and Awards were posthumous. Lest We Forget.

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