Harold George SEELEY

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Service Number:	416
Enlisted:	22 August 1914, Enlisted at Albert Park, Victoria He later asked for rank to be reduced back to Private which he was holding when killed
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Windsor, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Prahran, Victoria
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot 111, Row C, Grave 4 Headstone inscription reads: Dearly beloved son of Mrs. & the late E. Seeley of Windsor, Victoria, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

22 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 416, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Albert Park, Victoria He later asked for rank to be reduced back to Private which he was holding when killed
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Sergeant, 416, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Sergeant, 416, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 416, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 416 awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-04-25

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Son of Elijah and Annie Seeley of 31 Gladstone Street, Windsor, Victoria

Reduced his rank to Private

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Citizen Military Forces Victorian Rifles 51st Regiment with the rank of Corporal

Son of Elijah and Annie Seeley of 31 Gladstone Street, Windsor, Victoria

Reduced his rank to Private

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Citizen Military Forces Victorian Rifles 51st Regiment with the rank of Corporal