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Henry Harold STAFFORD

Regimental number1303
Place of birthNhill, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFarmer
Address101 Gate PO, East Narrogin, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 7"
Weight145 lbs
Next of kinFather, Robert James Stafford, 101 Gate PO, East Narrogin, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date8 May 1915
Place of enlistmentBlackboy Hill, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentProvisional Corporal
Unit name10th Light Horse Regiment, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/15/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 13 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Division Ammunition Column
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and gazetted, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30448 (28 December 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 57 (18 April 1918).

FateReturned to Australia 21 June 1919
Discharge date25 September 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Married Gladys Marjorie JOHNSTON, spinster, aged 25, North Leith, Scotland, 8 January 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Konigin Louise', 21 June 1919; disembarked Fremantle, 2 August 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), 25 September 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, STAFFORD Henry Harold

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