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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

“Quite a gloom was cast over the township of Gatton on Saturday when it became known that Pte. Harry King had passed away. He enlisted on the 14th of June last, leasing as well-known blacksmithing business to do his "bit" for his country. About six weeks ago he contracted a severe cold, which developed into pleurisy and other complications, resulting, unfortunately, in his death. He was 29 years of age, and was a native of the district, having been born at Spring Creek. He was married, and leaves a young widow, together with an infant, to mourn his loss. The body was brought to Gatton, and the remains conveyed to rest in the Gatton Cemetery on Saturday afternoon. The funeral was followed by a very large number of people from all over the district…. The deceased was given a military funeral, this being the first Gatton has seen. A volley was fired over the grave, and the last post was most impressively sounded by Bugler Miller.”