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Harry James Gordon BOON

Regimental number63241
Place of birthHobart, Tasmania
SchoolPrivate School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDraper
AddressWest Hobart, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinWife, Mrs A C Boon, 37 Hill Street, West Hobart, Tasmania
Previous military serviceServed as a trainee in the Australian Garrison Artillery, Hobart, Tasmania.
Enlistment date5 June 1918
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameTasmanian Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Zealandic on 5 October 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied in Sutton Veney Camp, Wiltshire, England.
FateDied of disease 8 February 1919
Place of death or woundingEngland
Date of death8 February 1919
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialSutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard (67 Row J, Grave No. 7), Wiltshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
65
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Isabel Blake BOON; husband of A.C. BOON, 115 Forest Road, West Hobart, Tasmania. Born at Hobart
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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