12766
EMMS, Harold Charles
| Service Number: | 55824 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 20 March 1918, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements |
| Born: | Exeter, South Australia, 27 May 1888 |
| Home Town: | Exeter, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse Driver |
| Died: | Suicide by poisoning, Port Lincoln, South Australia, 21 September 1937, aged 49 years |
| Cemetery: |
Happy Valley Cemetery, Port Lincoln RSL Section Plot/Grave/Niche: 7 Row: A |
| Memorials: | Nailsworth Primary School Great War Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 55824, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, Adelaide, South Australia | |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 55824, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Jul 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 55824, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, HMAT Marathon, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 55824 | |
| 25 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 55824, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column |
Help us honour Harold Charles Emms's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Frederick William EMMS and Letitia Theresa nee WHITE
Married Ethelwyn (DRAPER) at Broken Hill, 12th March, 1911.
3 sons, Leonard, Harold, Frederick.
Employed by SA Railways, Port Lincoln after the war
Port Lincoln RSL Garden of Remembrance
Recorder (Port Pirie, SA: 1919 - 1954) Thursday 23 September 1937
MAN TOOK POISON
Had Injured Wife With Hammer
PORT LINCOLN. Wednesday
Harold Charles Emms (49), a railway employee, of Port Lincoln, attacked his wife with a hammer this morning and subsequently committed suicide by taking poison.
Emms was gassed at the war, and had been suffering severely for a couple of days. He had been morose and had rarely spoken to his family.
He returned from work this morning, obtained a hammer, and struck his wife on the head. She escaped to a neighbor's house and then Emms took poison.
Mrs. Emms is in hospital suffering from concussion, a cut head, and abrasions.
Click images to start slideshow.