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UDELL, Harold
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3647 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 September 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Birmingham, England, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Ongerup, Gnowangerup, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Blackwood, Western Australia, 1944, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3647, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 17 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3647, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3647, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle | |
| 31 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3647, 28th Infantry Battalion, Remained on duty | |
| 24 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 28th Infantry Battalion, Promoted Corporal and Lance Sergeant the same day. Had been temporary Corporal for several months prior | |
| 7 Jan 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 Sep 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3647, 28th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Walter Udell of Birmingham, England
Next of kin given as his aunt Alice Kemp of Coode Street, Bayswater, WA
Husband of Elsie Mabel Udell nee Roberts of Gillingham, England. Harold and Elsie married on 28 April 1919 in the Kingston Deverill Parish Church, Wiltshire.
W. Henderson officiated
Commenced return to Australia on 28 May 1920 aboard HT Bremen disembarking on 13 July 1920
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal