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Unit |
3rd Battalion,
E Company |
Rank |
Private |
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Date of Enlistment |
20 August
1914 |
Service no. |
937 |
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Date of Death |
27 April 1915 |
Place of Death |
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Age |
23 |
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Cemetery |
4th Battalion Parade
Ground |
Details |
D. 2 |
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Epitaph |
None |
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Next of Kin |
(Mother)
HENRY Clara Fanny |
Address |
C/- G M
Henry, Cootamundra, NSW |
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Parents |
Thomas
William and Clara Fanny Henry |
Address |
Kogarah
NSW |
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Date of Birth |
1892 |
Place of birth |
NSW
Sydney |
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General |
3rd Battalion Unit History - 27 April
1915
Tuesday was a day full of incident. The
Turks opened up at 4.30 a.m. with a heavy barrage of shrapnel. At times
throughout the day the head of Monash Valley, where B Company was
stationed, was hard pressed, and on several occasions it looked as
though the men there would give way. Yet when darkness fell the line
was still intact.
The day was a most disastrous one for
the brigade. At about 3 p.m. the gallant brigadier, Colonel H. N.
MacLaurin, lost his life. He was reconnoitring in the vicinity of
Steele’s Post, close to where Lieut-Colonel Owen had established his
headquarters. Major F. D. Irvine, the brigade Major, had been warned by
both Major Brown and Corporal Malone not to expose himself, but he
disregarded the warning and met the same fate as his brigadier. The
command of the 1st Brigade was given to Colonel Owen, and Major A. J.
Bennett took over the 3rd Battalion.
WREN, Eric, Randwick to Hargicourt,
Chapter X – The Third Day, page 66 (source 169) |
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Other Sources |
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Photo |
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The Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper, 12 June 1915
(source 24) |
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Photo |
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The Sydney Mail Newspaper, 23 June 1915 (source 15) |
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Photo |
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The Argus Newspaper, 3 June 1915, page 7 (source 42) |
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Photo |
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The Australasian Newspaper, 12 June 1915, page iii
(source 31) |
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Photo |
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The Daily Telegraph Newspaper, 13 July 1915, page 9
(source 70) |
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Newspaper article |
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The Argus
Newspaper, 1 June 1915, page 11 (source 42) |
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Newspaper article |
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The Daily
Telegraph Newspaper, 2 June 1915, page 10 (source 70) |
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Family details |
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Spirits of
Gallipoli |
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Headstone |
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Gallipoli Photographic Expedition, 2009 (source 183) |
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Various |
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Cootamundra War Memorial, NSW (source 168) |
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Various |
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Cootamundra War Memorial, NSW (source 168) |
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Various |
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Cootamundra War Memorial, NSW (source 168) |
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Various |
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Cootamundra War Memorial, NSW (source 168) |
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Various |
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Australian War Memorial, ACT, Panel 36 (source 14) |
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