WELCH, Harcourt Maitland
| Service Number: | 382 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | West Maitland, NSW, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | 8 December 1975, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Mosman "With the Colors" Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 382, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 382, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 382, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William George WELCH and Agnes Anne nee FITZSIMMONS
He best summarised his service in a statutory declaration made 8/2/1962:
I, Harcourt Maitland Welch of 25 Old Kent Rd, Greenacre in the State of New South Wales do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows:
That I was an original member of 3rd Battalion 1st AIF my regimental member being No 382 C. Coy I enlisted on 13th of August 1914 at Victoria Barracks Sydney. I landed at Anzac 25th April 1915 and was wounded on the 19th May firstly in the chest with shrapnel and was also wounded by machine-gun in the knee while being carried down to the Beach and Hospital ship. I was sent to hospital at Malta and there to Manchester in England. I rejoined the Battalion at Serapenon (?spelling) on Suez Canal after the evacuation and went to France with them where I was the Battalion ? Corporal..
I left the Battalion later on with trench feet and was on Home service there. It was decided then to send all 1914 men home on 6 months leave but before we left England the armistice was signed. I am making this statement in hope that I will (be) issued a duplicate discharge and a Discharged Badge. I was discharged from the army in January 1919.
H Welch Sydney 8/2/1962.
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