FREEMAN, Henry Gardiner
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 25 March 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coventry, England, 17 September 1873 |
| Home Town: | Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Christ's Hospital School, West Sussex |
| Occupation: | School Master |
| Died: | Natural causes, Mitcham, South Australia, 11 February 1940, aged 66 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mitcham Cemetery, S.A. |
| Memorials: | Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 28 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Major, Officer, 43rd Infantry Battalion |
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"Captain Henry Gardiner Freeman was born on 17 September 1873 at Coventry, England. Educated at Christ's Hospital, West Sussex, he was appointed an Assistant Master at St. Peter's College in August 1897. A member of the Commonwealth Cadet Corps before the war he received his commission in the AIF in 1916. Appointed a Captain in the 43rd Infantry Battalion, he was mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch of 7 November 1917 for distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty in the field during the period 26 February 1917 to 20 September 1917. In September 1917 he contracted Chronic Bronchitis and returned to Australia. He died in South Australia on 11 February 1940 and is buried in the Mitcham Cemetery." - SOURCE (collections.slsa.sa.gov.au)
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