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Henry Francis Trafford HEATH

Date of birth19 December 1886
Place of birthKadina, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMinister
AddressMile End, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinMother, Mrs A M Heath, Paskeville, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date25 December 1916
Rank on enlistmentChaplain (4th Class)
Unit nameChaplains' Corps
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A45 Bulla on 16 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollChaplain (Class 4)
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Infantry Brigade Headquarters
FateReturned to Australia 5 November 1917
Discharge date10 April 1920
Other details

War service: embarked Adelaide, 16 January 1917; disembarked Suez, 16 February 1917.

Embarked Alexandria for United Kingdom via Marseilles, France, 4 March 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Themistocles', 5 November 1917 (duty on board).

Re-embarked Sydney on board HMAT A18 'Wiltshire', 2 February 1918; disembarked Southampton, England, 20 April 1918. Attached for duty to 12th Training Bn, Codford, 27 April 1918.

Married Irene Whellas BAIN, medical student, spinster, aged 22, United Free Church of Scotland, Aberdeen, 12 September 1919.

Admitted to Military Hospital, Fovant, 22 October 1918 (influenza); discharged to duty, 1 November 1918.

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

Marched out to England, 18 May 1919.

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

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

Medal: British War Medal
Miscellaneous detailsEmbarked without pay and allowances.

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