PAGE, Harold Keith
| Service Number: | 3486 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 September 1916, According to his brother, Harold would have been 16 years of age on enlistment |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 22 March 1901 |
| Home Town: | Keswick, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Flinders Street Public School, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 16 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Sturt Street Public School Great War Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goodwood St George Anglican Church Memorial Tower, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3486, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3486, 48th Infantry Battalion, According to his brother, Harold would have been 16 years of age on enlistment | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 3486, 48th Infantry Battalion |
Help us honour Harold Keith Page's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Bronte Gould
Born at the Destitute Asylum, Adelaide, son of Violet Williamson Page and a cousin. His birth was registered as Harold Williamson Page. He was raised by his maternal grandparents (Alfred Page and Sarah Hamilton Fairlie) as their son.
See 'Private H. K. Page', South Australian Genealogist, Volume 24, Number 3 (August 1997) pages 16-20 for additional information.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
AWM Summary
Private Harold Keith Page (3486, 48th Battalion) was born in Adelaide, SA. He was working as a driver when he enlisted in September 1916. Harold was hit in the thigh by a shell during the attack at Passchendaele on 12 October 1917 and died a few minutes later. He is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium. Harold’s brother wrote that Harold was 17 years of age at the time of his death.
From State Records of South Australia
Today we remember those who died or suffered in all wars and armed conflicts.
Harold Keith Page enlisted with the AIF on September 4 1916 and embarked for Europe in February 1917, a few months before his 19th birthday. He was killed in action eight months later, on 20 October 1917 in Belgium.
This photograph was donated to the archive in 1919 along with almost 3000 others to preserve the memory of South Australian soldiers, sailors and nurses who served during the First World War. These photographs can be viewed on our Flickr page: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjurJ1q7
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