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Henry FLUDE

Regimental number3494
Place of birthRockhampton, Queensland
SchoolPublic School, Granville, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDriver
AddressCampbell Hill Road, Granville, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 7.5"
Weight132 lbs
Next of kinFather, J Flude, Campbell Hill Road, Granville, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 4 years in the 20th Bn, Citizen Military Forces, Granville, New South Wales.
Enlistment date27 October 1915
Place of enlistmentHolsworthy, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name18th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll54th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*date of fate 19th to 20th
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 10), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
159
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Lydia FLUDE, Campbell Hill Road, Granville South, New South Wales. Native of Rockhampton, Queensland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Admitted to No 3 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 27 January 1916; discharged to duty, 6 February 1916.

Transferred to 54th Bn from 5th Brigade Details, 3 April 1916; taken on strength of 54th Bn, Ferry Post, 3 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Killed in action, 19/20 July 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, FLUDE Henry

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