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Henry Francis Trafford * HEATH

Date of birth19 December 1886
Place of birthKadina, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMinister of religion
AddressAdelaide, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinMother, Mrs A M Heath, Paskeville, South Australia
Enlistment date29 December 1917
Rank on enlistmentChaplain (4th Class)
Unit nameChaplains' Corps
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 2 February 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)see other
Discharge date10 April 1920
Other details

War service: England, France

Embarked Sydney, 2 February 1918; disembarked Southampton, England, 20 April 1918.

Attached to 12th Training Bn, Codford, for duty, 27 April 1918.

Admitted to Fovant Hospital, 22 October 1918 (influenza); date of discharge from hospital not recorded.

Proceeded overseas to France, 26 November 1918; joined 7th Bn, in the field, 4 December 1918.

Attached as Chaplain to 26th Bn, 6 December 1918.

Proceeded to England, 22 April 1919.

Granted leave with pay and subs, 20 June-31 August 1919 (Non-Military Employment, to attend lectures at Mansfield College, Oxford).

Married Irene Whellas BAIN, spinster, aged 28, United Free church of Scotland, Beaconsfield Place, Aberdeen, 30 September 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Friedsrichruh', 22 January 1920; disembarked Melbourne, 9 March 1920, for onward travel to Adelaide; appointment terminated (discharged), Adelaide, 10 April 1920.

Medal: British War Medal
Miscellaneous detailsReappointed. See other entry for first period of service.
SourcesNAA: B2455, HEATH Henry Francis Trafford *

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