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Harold PANKHURST

Regimental number6087
Place of birthEchuca, Victoria
SchoolEchuca Grammar School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBank clerk
AddressTongala, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs M A Pankhurst, Tongala, Victoria
Enlistment date1 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll38th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 16 October 1917
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row II, Grave No 15A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
130
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Margaret Ann and the late Edward Thomas PANKHURST, Barnsbury, Tongala East, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2466 Pte William James PANKHURST, 60th Bn, returned to Australia, 20 November 1918; Cousins: 10883 Pte Maurice Allan PANKHURST, 1st New Zealand Cyclists' Bn, died of wounds, 11 July 1917; 22363 Lance Corporal William Gordon PANKHURST, Otago Infantry Regiment, NZEF, killed in action, 15 June 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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