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Harold Seymour MARSHALL

Regimental number1156
Place of birthOakleigh, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationDentist
Address26 Valetta Street, Malvern, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Height5' 7.5"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Marshall, 26 Valetta Street, Malvern, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 October 1914
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit nameStationary Hospital 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number26/70/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 5 December 1914
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1157
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Australian Stationary Hospital
FateReturned to Australia 19 January 1916
Age at death from cemetery records28
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
183
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Christina MARSHALL, 26 Valetta Street, Malvern, Victoria. Native of Musgrave. Plaque in Garden of Remembrance, Victoria.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 2 March 1915.

Admitted to 1st Australian Stationary Hospital, Lemnos, 7 July 1915 (gastritis); transferred to Military Hospital, Floriana, Malta, 21 August 1915; to England, 10 September 1915, and admitted to 1st Southern General Hospital, Dudley Street, Birmingham, 19 September 1915.

Commenced return to Australia from Portland on board HT 'Star of Victoria', 19 January 1916 (pulmonary tuberculosis); arrived Melbourne, 29 February 1916.

Died at his residence, 'Tena Koa', Halstead Street, Caulfield, Victoria, 23 July 1916.
Date of death23 July 1916
Place of burialBrighton Cemetery, Victoria
SourcesNAA: B2455, MARSHALL Harold Seymour

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