Harold James LAW

Regimental number128
Place of birthBalmain, New South Wales
SchoolBalmain Public School, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLocomotive fireman
Address21 Campbell Street, Balmain, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinSister, Mrs R Langford, Dreadnought Street, Lakemba, New South Wales
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of wounds 36th CCS He Ley. Buried at He Ley, Somme.
FateDied of wounds 21 December 1916
Place of death or woundingSomme, France
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot VI, Row G, Grave No. I), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
41
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Alma LAW. Native of Balmain, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsCousin Walter Wilson 3rd BAC.