Regimental number | 3035 |
Place of birth | Tamworth, New South Wales |
Other Names | Henry Victor |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Commission agent |
Address | Springport Hotel, King Street, Sydney, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 40 |
Height | 6' 0.5" |
Weight | 160 lbs |
Next of kin | Brother, E B Dewhurst, 17, 128 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 2nd Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/19/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Admitted to 3th Auxiliary Hospital, Abbassia, 12 November 1915 (mumps); discharged to unit, 17 December 1915. Joined 2nd Bn, Tel el Kebir, 5 February 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 22 March 1916; promoted Lance Corporal, at sea, 24 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 28 March 1916. Detached to 2nd Army Grenade School, 6 June 1916; rejoined Bn, in the field, 11 June 1916. Wounded in action, Pozieres, France, 25 July 1916 (shell wounds, leg, thigh, jaw), and admitted to 1st Field Ambulance; transferred to 5th General Hospital, Rouen, 27 July 1916; to England, 1 August 1916, and admitted to 3rd Western General Hospital, Cardiff, 2 August 1916 (shell wounds, face, left wrist and left leg, fractured fuibula and lower jaw: severe). Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Karoola', 16 October 1916; disembarked Melbourne, 2 December 1916, for onward travel by train to Sydney; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 29 May 1917. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Death attributed to war service. |
Date of death | |
Place of burial | Randwick Cemetery |
Sources | NAA: B2455, DEWHURST Victor |