KING, Harry St John
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 28 June 1916, L Coy |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Depot Battalion |
| Born: | Spring Creek, Queensland, Australia, 24 June 1888 |
| Home Town: | Gatton, Lockyer Valley, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Spring Creek State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Cerebrospinal meningitis, 21 September 1916, aged 28 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 11th Depot Battalion, L Coy |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Harry was the youngest of seven children of Richard King (born 1843 in London, England) and Mary Grant (born 1852 in Glasgow, Scotland). Harry's parents married in 1873 in Tenthill in Gatton, QLD where Harry grew up.
Harry was working as a Blacksmith in Gatton QLD when he married Alice May Barker in 1914. Harry enlisted in the AIF in June 1916 and was in Brisbane, QLD when he died from cerebro spinal meningitis.
Harry's brothers - in - law also served in WWI - Robert Woodall Barker, Sydney Thompson Barker, Francis Gibson Barker and Patrick Stack.
Wife Alice travelled to Yorkshire, England in 1928 and in 1956, and lived in Toowoomba and in Sandgate in QLD until her death in 1958
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