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Harry Stafford Miller NEEDHAM

Regimental number760
Place of birthPort McDonald, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGardener
AddressRenmark, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Height5' 10.25"
Weight134 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Rose Matilda Needham, Renmark, South Australia
Previous military serviceMember for 10 years, Renmark Rifle Club.
Enlistment date8 October 1915
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameAustralian Remount Unit 1, Squadron 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number28/2/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A67 Orsova on 12 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Field Artillery Brigade
FateReturned to Australia 12 March 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date19 July 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Admitted to 4th Auxiliary Hospital, Abbassia, 13 March 1916 (mumps); discharged to unit, 25 March 1916.

Transferred to 24th Howitzer Brigade, 1 April 1916, and posted to 111th Battery.

Transferred to Brigade Ammunition Column, 18 April 1916; to be fitter.

Transferred to 111th Battery, 23 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 3 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France.

Promoted Bombardier, 22 August 1916.

Transferred to 10th Field Artillery Brigade, 25 January 1917, and posted to 39th Battery.

Admitted to 10th Field Ambulance, 10 March 1917; transferred to 45th Casualty Clearing Station, 17 March 1917 (eczema); to 11th Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 20 March 1917; to No 2 Convalescent Depot, 21 March 1917; to Australian General Base Depot, Etaples, 4 April 1917; taken on strength, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, in the field, 12 April 1917.

Transferred to 10th Field Artillery Brigade, 13 April 1917, and posted to 110th Battery.

Promoted Temporary Corporal, 3 October 1917; appointed Corporal, 17 October 1917.

Admitted to 12th Australian Field Ambulance, 19 December 1917 (bronchitis), and transferred to 21st Casualty Clearing Station; to 10th General Hospital, Rouen, 20 December 1917; to England, 22 December 1917, and admitted to Reading War Hospital, 23 December 1917; transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 31 January 1918; discharged on furlough, 4 February 1918, to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 18 February 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Kenilworth Castle', 12 March 1918; transshipped to HT 'Field Marshal', Durban, South Africa, 23 April 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 22 May 1918, for onward travel to Adelaide; discharged (medically unfit), Adelaide, 19 July 1918.

War service: 2 years 192 days (of which 2 years 285 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsFirst given name incorrectly recorded on Embarkation Roll as Harvey.
Date of death8 November 1972
SourcesNAA: B2455, NEEDHAM Harry Stafford Miller

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