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CARRISS, Henry Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4795 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia , 7 May 1881 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St Pauls School, Port Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of Wounds (POW of Germany), France, 11 November 1916, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Porte-de-Paris Cemetery, Cambrai, France I A 18 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4795, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4795, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4795, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Wounded Private, 4795, 27th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, GSW (chest) | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Imprisoned 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 |
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"LATE PRPVATE H. J. CARRISS.
Mrs. E. A. Carriss, Weilington-street, Portland, has been notified that her husband, Private H. J. Carriss, who had been previously reported as missing, died whilst a prisoner of war in Germany on November 11, 1916. He was well known in Port Adelaide." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 03 Feb 1917 (nla.gov.au)
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