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Joseph Marcus HARWOOD

Regimental number3055
Place of birthRozelle, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolRozelle Public School, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm hand
AddressDrummoyne, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Harwood, 41 Carey Street, Drummoyne, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date11 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 6 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll45th 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)
FateKilled in Action 13 October 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death20.6
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialTyne 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 connectionsCousin: 2131 Corporal Henry Edward CRAWFORD, 18th Bn, killed in action, 15 April 1918.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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