Regimental number | 15648 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Kensington, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Solicitor |
Address | Renmark, South Australia |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 31 |
Height | 5' 10.5" |
Weight | 148 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs M I V Mitchell, Oxford Terrace, Unley, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served in 13th Australian Army Medical Corps, Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | September 1916 Reinforcements |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 26/99/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 45th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 32 |
Place of burial | Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Row C, Grave No. 27), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 140 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated on Supreme Court Roll of Honour, Adelaide, South Australia. Inscription ('Those Who Fell') reads: 'Ante diem periit sed miles sed pro patria' ['He died before his time, but as a soldier, and for his country.' From the poem 'Clifton Chapel' by Henry Newbolt]. Parents: Samuel James and Eliza Ann MITCHELL; husband of Maude I.V. MITCHELL, Kyre Avenue, Kingswood, South Australia. Native of Adelaide. Photo: Peter Dennis |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Adelaide, 23 October 1916; disembarked Devonport, Englandm 28 December 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 4 January 1917. Transferred to 4th Division Army Medical Corps, 20 January 1917; taken on strength, 12th Field Ambulance, 22 January 1917. Selected to attend Infantry Cadet Bn, England, course, 23 August 1917. Appointed 2nd Lt. 19 December 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 7 January 1918; taken on strength, 45th Bn, 23 January 1918. Detached to 48th Bn, 23 January 1918; rejoined 45th Bn, 25 January 1918. Killed in action, 5 April 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, MITCHELL Harold Flinders
Red Cross File No 1790506S |