PAUL, Harold
| Service Numbers: | 94, Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 5 May 1915, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bathurst, New South Wales, 11 April 1878 |
| Home Town: | Bathurst, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Auctioneer & Agent |
| Died: | Car Accident (broken neck), Rydal, New South Wales, 13 October 1922, aged 44 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bathurst General Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Bathurst Public School Roll of Honour, Cowra & District Great War Honor Roll |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 94, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles | |
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| 1 Nov 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 94, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
World War 1 Service
| 5 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 20th Infantry Battalion, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Feb 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Jun 1917: | Wounded Battle of Messines, GSW (right thigh) |
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Captain (Capt) Harold Paul, A Company, 20th Battalion, of Bathurst, NSW. Capt Paul enlisted on 5 May 1915 and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Berrima on 25 June 1915. Capt Paul had previously served as a private and lieutenant with 1 New South Wales Mounted Rifles in south Africa. During the First World War he served at Gallipoli and France where he was promoted to major on 24 February 1916. He was later promoted to lieutenant colonel with the 49th Battalion. He was mentioned in despatches in June 1917 for his devotion to duty. He returned to Australia on 3 October 1918 and died in 1922 aged 44 years. - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
Discharged due to "Effort Syndrome" following a severe GSW to the thigh in Belgium
"MOTOR FATALITY. LIEUT.-COL. PAUL KILLED.
BATHURST, Friday. Lieut.-Colonel Harold Paul, a well-known property salesman of Bathurst, was killed in a motor car accident on the Sydney-road, near Rydal, at about 7.30 this morning. Lieut.-Colonel Paul, accompanied by his aunt, Mrs. J. W. Smith, of Bathurst, her two daughters, Miss Pauline Smith and Nurse Anita Smith, and his son. Norman Paul, aged 14, left Bathurst at about 6 o'clock for Sydney. There was no eyewitness of the accident. Thomas R. Richards, the Rydal-Yetholme mailman, driving down the mountain road near Rydal came upon the scene of the accident. Colonel Paul was then alive, and Richards proceeded to Rydal for assistance. On his return Colonel Paul was dead. Mrs. Smith and Nurse Smith were injured. The car was lying overturned on the road. It appears as if the car was going up an embankment, skidded, and overturned. Colonel Paul had been throw clear of the car, and his neck was broken. The injured were taken to Bathurst Hospital. Lietit.-Colonel Paul was 44 years of age, and a son of Mr. W. H. Paul, a former M.L.A. Deceased recently stood for selection in the National Interest for the Macquarie Beat for the Federal elections. He was a leading member of the local branch of the National Association. He served in the Boer war, and went to the Great War with the 20th Battalion as captain, and later he was promoted to major, and as lieutenant-colonel was transferred to the 49th Battalion. He was also commanding officer of the 54th Battalion. Colonel Paul was a prominent adherent and office-bearer of the Methodist Church." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 14 Oct 1922 (nla.gov.au)
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