PAINE, Harold John
| Service Number: | 4832 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 September 1915, Warwick Farm, Liverpool, NSW, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, December 1895 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Glenmore Rd Public School - Paddington,New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Extensive gas burns - abdomen, thighs, & hands - Toxemia., Died of wounds, "Graylingwell Military Hospital" - Chichester, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom, France, 11 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Chichester Cemetery, Sussex, England (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Grave Location: 134. 78., Chichester Cemetery, Chichester, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4832, 1st Infantry Battalion, Warwick Farm, Liverpool, NSW, Australia | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4832, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion, (NAA, Pg-4) | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4832, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney | |
| 20 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4832, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4832 awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-09-11 | |
| 20 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 53rd Infantry Battalion, (NAA, Pg-4) | |
| 25 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 53rd Infantry Battalion, (NAA, Pg-18) | |
| 6 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 4832, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Wounded (Extensive gas burns) - hands, thigh, & abdomen; medically debilitated and diagnosed with Toxemia; from - Date: 04/09/1918, to Date: 11/09/1918, transferred to many hospitalizations; to eventual admission: 11/09/1918, "Graylingwell Mil., Hosp.," Chichester, Eng; his demise upon admission, from Toxemia. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daniel Bishop
Son of Edward PAINE & Ada Jane (nee-SUDGEN) PAINE.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 11th September.....Harold John Paine was born at Paddington, Sydney, NSW in 1895. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 15th September, 1915 as a 19 year old Bank Clerk from Paddington.
Acting Corporal Harold John Paine embarked from Sydney, NSW on HMAT Star of England (A15) on 8th March, 1916 with the 1st Infantry Battalion, 15th Reinforcements.
Acting Corporal Paine was transferred to 53rd Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir on 20th April, 1916. He was sent to Hospital on 2nd June, 1916 suffering diarrhoea then invalided to England where he was admitted to 1st General Western Hospital in England on 19th July, 1916 then transferred to Dysentry Hospital at Barton-on-Sea on 25th August, 1916. Corporal Paine was discharged to Training Centre at Tidworth, Wiltshire on 5th October, 1916 from Hospital.
Acting Corporal Paine was promoted to Corporal on 24th January, 1917 while posted with 14th Training Battalion at Hurdcott, Wiltshire.
Corporal Paine was returned to France & rejoined his Battalion on 8th September, 1917. He was on leave to Paris from 3rd January & rejoined from leave on 9th January, 1918. Corporal Paine was on leave to UK from 8th March & rejoined his Unit on 28th April, 1918.
Corporal Paine was sent to duty with United States Army on 20th July, 1918 & rejoined his Unit on 29th July, 1918.
Corporal Paine was wounded in action in France on 1st September, 1918 with Gas burns to hands, body & legs. He was invalided to England on Hospital Ship Gloucester Castle.
Extract from the War Diary of 53rd Battalion – they were “In the Line Peronne” on 1st September, 1918. “Our casualties were 11 Officers 241 O/Ranks, of whom 4 Officers 47 O/Ranks were killed and 11 O/Ranks died of wounds. The number of captured trophies was very considerable and prisoners captured amounted to at least 200.”
Corporal Harold John Paine died at 5 pm on 11th September, 1918 at Graylingwell War Hospital, Chichester, Sussex, England from wounds received in action - extensive superficial burns & toxaemia. He was buried in Chichester Cemetery, Chichester, West Sussex, England where 10 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/chichester.html
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