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ASTILL, Harry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 17526 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Cavalry Division |
| Born: | Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Influenza, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 8 June 1919 |
| Cemetery: |
Gore Hill Cemetery, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Orange Holy Trinity Anglican Church Honour Board, Orange WW1 Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper | |
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| 9 May 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 17526, 1st Cavalry Division, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 9 May 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 17526, 1st Cavalry Division, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Next of kin-Wife, Mrs Ivy Maud Astill, 30 Princess Street, North Sydney, New South Wales.
Enlistment date-30 October 1916
Unit name-Cavalry Divisional Signal Squadron 1
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)-1st Wireless Signal Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number-22/33/1
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on 9 May 1917.
Age at embarkation-27
Rank from Nominal Roll Sapper
He returned to Australia 22 March 1919, discharged from the army on 23 May 1919 and died of influenza 8 June 1919, so he fails to qualify as Great War dead.
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