ROZEE, Harry
| Service Number: | 3309 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 February 1917, 18 Months ASC, England. Discharged medically unfit |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Anzac Mounted Division Train |
| Born: | London, England, 28 September 1889 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia., 2 October 1946, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld Anzac Portion 7 |
| Memorials: | Sydney Employees of Robert Harper & Co. Ltd. Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3309, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 18 Months ASC, England. Discharged medically unfit | |
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| 9 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 3309, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 9 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 3309, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney | |
| 17 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3309, Anzac Mounted Division Train, 1st MD |
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From Australian Remembrance Army
Driver Harry Rozee (Service No. 3309), an Australian World War One veteran, is among almost 800 previously unmarked WWI veterans’ graves in Lutwyche Cemetery we have now marked with plaques in recognition of their service for Australia.
We unveiled his plaque in Lutwyche Cemetery on 15 April 2023, along with a further 246 plaques on the previously unmarked graves of Australian World War One veterans:
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Harry Rozee was born in London, England, in 1889 to William Rozee and Ann Rozee (née Copley). In April 1913 he married Alice Atherton in Queensland. Their son, Harry, was born on 31 January 1916, and their daughter, Mary, was born in December 1917. Harry (junior) died on 8 August 1918.
Employed as a labourer, he was living in Hewitt Street, Paddington, Brisbane, when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 5 February 1917, aged 26. His wife, Alice, was recorded as his next of kin. He had previously served for 18 months with the Army Service Corps in England. He embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT A15 Port Sydney on 9 May 1917, disembarking at Suez on 20 June 1917. Taken on strength with the 2nd Light Horse Regiment on 26 July 1917, he was appointed Driver with the Australian Divisional Train on 13 August 1917 and later transferred to the Divisional Training Depot. His war service was in Egypt and Palestine. He commenced his return to Australia aboard the Oxfordshire on 10 July 1919, disembarked in Sydney on 17 August 1919, and was discharged on 17 September 1919.
His wife, Alice Rozee, died on 20 November 1919 and was buried at Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane. By 1921 he was recorded as living in Paddington, Brisbane, and working as a labourer. In 1925 he was residing in Herston, Brisbane, employed as a wardsman at the Brisbane Children’s Hospital. In June 1926, Harry married Ada Hunter.
On 17 May 1934, The Brisbane Courier-Mail reported that, while working as a cook at the Brisbane General Hospital, he was involved in a runaway horse incident in Stanley Street, South Brisbane. A broken harness strap caused the horse pulling his sulky to bolt and collide with a motor van near Raymond Terrace. Although the sulky was badly damaged and a passenger sustained minor injuries, he escaped unharmed. Between 1934 and 1941, he was recorded as working as a cook at the Brisbane General Hospital.
Driver Harry Rozee died on 2 October 1946, aged 57, and was buried in Anzac Portion 7, Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane.
After decades without recognition at his place of burial, his grave now bears a plaque commemorating his service to Australia — ensuring his name endures among those remembered for their duty and sacrifice. His identity and dignity have now been restored.
We have remembered him.
Lest We Forget
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