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CATTLE, Harold James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1527 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 September 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ |
| Born: | Rosewater, South Australia, 16 November 1888 |
| Home Town: | Dulwich, Burnside, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Prince Alfred College |
| Occupation: | Bank Manager |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brighton, South Australia, 7 August 1965, aged 76 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia RSL Walls |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Savings Bank of South Australia Honour Roll WW1, Quorn District Roll of Honor WW1 Board, Quorn Remembrance of Those Who Served in the Great War Honour Board, Quorn Roll of Honor, Rose Park Gartrell Memorial Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Tusmore Burnside District Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1527, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1527, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1527, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 1 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ | |
| 5 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ | |
| 6 Feb 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ | |
| 13 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ |
Personal Stories
DCM
Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal
'By his untiring energy and splendid devotion to duty this NCO has at all times set a fine example to those beneath him. During Gaza operations 19th April he displayed gallantry and coolness and resource in materially assisting with the work of the Bde staff which owing to casualties was very short handed. During the following strenuous period he continued with the same energy and zeal and the work done by this NCO in assisting in the compilation of the Bde records in invaluable.'
Submitted 28 January 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
Lt HJ Cattle was presented with his Distinguished Service Medal by General Birdwood (UK) on 6 March 1920.
Biography
Son of Jane CATTLE
Died of Coronary Thrombosis
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