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Henry Percy GREATHEAD

Regimental number1907
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolThurlow School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationShearing mechanic
Address6 Chaplin Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Eliza Greathead, 6 Chaplin Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date11 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name55th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/72/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on 23 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll55th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularFather had served in the Royal Navy.
FateKilled in Action 2 April 1917
Place of death or woundingBlighty Trench, nr Le Transloi, France
Age at death26
Place of burialLebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 6), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
160
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Eliza GREATHEAD. Native of Melbourne, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 4427 Bertie William GREATHEAD, 20th Bn, killed in action, Zonnebeke, Belgium, 9 October 1917; 1908 Frederick (Jack) GREATHEAD, 55th Bn, killed in action, Delville Wood, France, 8 February 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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