Harold Sidney VIOLETTE

VIOLETTE, Harold Sidney

    Service Number: 1287
    Enlisted: 29 December 1915, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
    Last Rank: Sapper
    Last Unit: Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company
    Born: Casino, New South Wales, Australia, 1885
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Marine Engineer
    Died: Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 25 October 1941, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
    Section 14, Zone D, Grave 5193. Grave appears to be unmarked
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Dec 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1287, Mining Corps, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
    20 Feb 1916: Involvement Sapper, 1287, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    20 Feb 1916: Embarked Sapper, 1287, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
    20 Feb 1916: Embarked Sapper, 1287, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
    20 Feb 1916: Involvement Sapper, 1287, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    7 Oct 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company
    3 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 1287, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company, Gassed.
    20 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 1287, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of William Bradley Violette and Mary Ann Violette of Casino, NSW. 

    Next of  kin given as his step sister J. Potter, Railway Avenue, Northcote, NSW.

    Commenced return to Australia on 1 April 1919 aboard HT Shropshire disembarking on 17 May 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1929c Harold married Marion G. Pollard in Sydney, NSW

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