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SEMMENS, Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 318 |
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Enlisted: | 18 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | AIF Headquarters |
Born: | Charlton, Victoria, Australia, 7 July 1888 |
Home Town: | Pendle Hills, Holroyd, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 14 July 1943, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
St Bartholomew's Anglican Cemetery, Prospect, NSW |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
18 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 318, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 318, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 318, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
4 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 318, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Wound to the chest | |
4 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, From wounding ex 6th Light Horse Regiment | |
20 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, AIF Headquarters, For transport duty | |
13 Jun 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 318, AIF Headquarters, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of David Semmens and Mary Ann Blackwood formerly Semmens nee Farrow of 'Gala', The Rock, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 22 January 1917 aboard HT Euripides
During 1920c Henry married Stella D. Moore in Ashfield, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal