Henry William (Harry) STREET

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STREET, Henry William

Service Number:	419
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Able Seaman
Last Unit:	Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Born:	Surrey, England, United Kingdom, 1883
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Rabaul, Gazelle Peninsula, New Pomerania, Bismarck Archipelago, German New Guinea, 11 September 1914
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot AA, Row A, Grave 15.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crib Point RAN WW1 Roll of Honour (Panel 1)

World War 1 Service

11 Sep 1914:	Involvement Able Seaman, 419, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, German New Guinea, HMAT Berrima

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Biography contributed by Warren Young

"Able Seaman Henry “Harry” William Street RANR killed – Henry often known as “Harry Malley” was a member of the South Australian contingent, No 6 Company under the command of Lieut. Bond. He was seriously wounded in the bayonet charge lead by LCDR Elwell. Harry’s mother Mrs. Alice Street of Harvest Rd Eaglefield Green, Egham, Surrey UK. Sister Miriam Isabel Gooch, brother in-law Frank, niece and nephew Rowland Frank and Marjorie Edith. Henry’s WWI medals are still held by Australian’s Honours and Awards Department: His mother Alice never recovered when she was given the news of Henry’s death." - SOURCE (mhhv.org.au)

"...Able Seaman Henry William Street, killed in action on 11 September 1914... The original burial place of Street was at Herbertshohe, reinterred in another cemetery at Herbertshohe around c 1915-1916 and in 1919 they were reinterred in the Rabaul military cemetery. Note: Postwar c 1950 grave was transferred to Bitapaka War Cemetery..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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