Regimental number | 3055 |
Place of birth | Rozelle, Sydney, New South Wales |
School | Rozelle Public School, Sydney, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farm hand |
Address | Drummoyne, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs E Harwood, 41 Carey Street, Drummoyne, Sydney, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 13th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/30/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 45th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | 'All things and his diary lost, buried with him. They were at the extreme front and held the positions under heavy shelling. Three other men being killed with the same shell.' (details from Mother) |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Messines, Belgium |
Age at death | 20.6 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | Tyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXXVI, row E, Grave No. 10), Passchendaele, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 139 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in Field of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, New South Wales. Photo: Peter Dennis. Parents: Joseph and Ellen HARWOOD, 41 Cary Street, Drummoyne, New South Wales. Native of Rozelle, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Cousin: 2131 Corporal Henry Edward CRAWFORD, 18th Bn, killed in action, 15 April 1918. |
Other details |
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |