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Henry Walter THOROGOOD

Regimental number4597
Place of birthInverell, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm hand
AddressBingara, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 9"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinFather, R C Thorogood, Bingara, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 August 1915
Place of enlistmentInverell, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Osterley on 15 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 12 November 1916
Date of death1 July 1919
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialInverell Cemetery (Portion Church of England), Inverell, New South Wales
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
34
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edgar and Sarah THOROGOOD. Native of Bingara, New South Wales. Plaque in Garden of Remembrance, NSW.
Discharge date21 February 1917
Other details

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Wiltshire', 12 November 1916; disembarked Sydney, 31 December 1916; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 21 February 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Death attributed to war service.
SourcesNAA: B2455, THOROGOOD Henry Walter

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