Regimental number | 933 |
Place of birth | Cholton Street, East Brisbane, Queensland |
School | Kangaroo Point State School, Brisbane, Queensland |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Selector |
Address | Stafford Street, East Brisbane, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Height | 5' 8.5" |
Weight | 162 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Alec Cameron, Stafford Street, East Brisbane, Queensland |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Brisbane, Queensland |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 5th Light Horse Regiment, 5th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/10/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Newcastle, New South Wales, on board HMAT A57 Malakuta on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Stated to be Harry Westropp on NR |
Place of death or wounding | Jordan Valley |
Age at death | 26 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Jerusalem Memorial, Palestine |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 4 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles and Sarah CAMERON, Stafford Street, East Brisbane, Queensland |
Family/military connections | Brother: 859 Cpl Clifford Armitage CAMERON, 2nd Light Horse, killed in action, 9 January 1917. |
Other details |
War Service: Egypt, Palestine. To be Driver, Maadi, 2 August 1915. Marched out to Serapeum, 23 February 1916. Found guilty, 28 March 1916, of (1) breaking camp, (2) being absent without leave from 6.15 am, 27 March, to 6.15 am, 28 March 1916: awarded 14 days' Field Punishment No 2; forfeited a total of 15 days' pay. Reverted to Private, 25 April 1916. Admitted to 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance, Marakeb, 29 July 1917 (septic sores); discharged to unit, 6 August 1917. To School of Instruction, 22 September 1917; returned to unit, 6 October 1917. Wounded in action, 5 November 1917; admitted to 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance, 5 November 1917 (shrapnel wound, head); transferred to Anzac Receiving Station, 5 November 1917; to 75th Casualty Clearing Station, 6 November 1917; to 14th Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 7 November 1917; slowly improving, 28 February 1918; to Rest Camp, Port Said, 10 March 1918; discharged to 2nd Light Horse Training Regiment, Moascar, 27 March 1918. Transferred to 5th Light Horse Regiment, 12 June 1918. Killed in action, 28 July 1918. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, CAMERON Harrison Westropp |