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Harry CONWAY

Regimental number7213
Place of birthSingapore Straits Settlements
SchoolBreek's Memorial ?chool and Nilgiri Hills, South India
Age on arrival in Australia14.2
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressChristmas Hills, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs R Conway, Christmas Hills, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Nilgiri Volunteer Rifles, South India.
Enlistment date6 November 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 24th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/6
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 19 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 28 April 1918
Place of death or woundingPresumed Amiens, France, not informed.
Age at death18.5
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block P, Plot XI, Row H, Grave No. 9A), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
93
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Harry and Rosamond Manners Norman CONWAY, Christmas Hills, Victoria. Native of England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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