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VIOLETTE, Harold Sidney
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1287 |
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| 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 General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Section 14, Zone D, Grave 5193. Grave appears to be unmarked |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1287, Mining Corps, Enlisted at Casula, NSW | |
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| 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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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