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Harry WAITE

Regimental number9120
Place of birthBrisbane, Queensland
SchoolNew Farm State School, Brisbane, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLinesman
AddressMary Street, Rosalie, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs S Waite, Mary Street, Rosalie, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date16 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentBombardier
Unit name2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/90/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A39 Port Macquarie on 16 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Field Artillery Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularAwarded Military Medal and Bar.
FateDied of wounds 8 September 1918
Place of death or woundingMont St Quentin, France
Age at death25
Place of burialSt Sever Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row H, Grave 23), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
14
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph Henry and Sarah WAITE.
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 19
Date: 14 February 1918

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