HEALEY, Harry Gordon
| Service Number: | 684 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Norwood, South Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telephone linesman |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Officers of S.A. Post, Telegraph and Telephone Department Great War Roll of Honor, Norwood Primary School Honour Board, Payneham Sydenham Road Methodist Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Wounded 684, 43rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
Harry Gordon Healey was a WW1 soldier from Norwood, South Australia. Before the war, he worked as a telephone linesman, though it is unknown how long he had this job before he enlisted. He was mentioned in an article on the 10th of December 1910 called “The Adelaide Chronicle” during inspections as a lineman for the army.
On the 19th of February 1916, enlisted and placed his mother as his next of kin. Healey was part of the 43rd Battalion, an infamous group of soldiers during the First World War. He worked his way up the ranks and ended his military career as the rank known as a Lance Corporal. Healey was very injury prone during his time in the war being hospitalised often. Healey committed some offences during his time at war. Once he did not arrive on time to a meeting, which caused him to get demoted in rank. His record also shows that he was absent without leave a couple of times. He received a major injury and had an amputation. He was returned home on the 16th of March 1918, only 240 days before the war ended. Overall Healey spent 996 days as a soldier.