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MEAD, Henry Alexander Charles
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2554, 2554A |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1915, Perth |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | York, Western Australia, Australia, 22 August 1892 |
| Home Town: | Leederville, Vincent, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Leederville Pblic School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 August 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Subiaco Fallen Soldiers Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2554, 28th Infantry Battalion, Perth | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2554, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 3 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 5 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 8 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 14 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2554A, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Mouquet Farm | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2554A, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Harry Mead, of 87, Salisbury St., Subiaco, Western Australia
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