Henry Patrick CRITCHLEY

Regimental number4996
Date of birth25 July 1895
Place of birthGumbowie, South Australia
SchoolGumbowie Public School, South Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationClerk
AddressGumbowie Siding, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Julia Critchley, Gumbowie Siding, South Australia
Enlistment date27 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board A37 Barambah on 27 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 24 June 1918
Place of death or woundingHamel, France
Age at death22.11
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 5), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
120
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Patrick and Julia CRITCHLEY, Peterborough, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 5080 Pte John Owen CRITCHLEY, 10th Bn, returned to Australia, 19 October 1917; 1902 Pte Michael Francis CRITCHLEY, 48th Bn, killed in action, 12 June 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal