FILSHIE, Harold John
Service Numbers: | 4386 , 4386 |
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Enlisted: | 5 May 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 5th Trench Mortar Battery |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1888 |
Home Town: | Stanmore, Marrickville, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | School Teacher |
Died: | Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 20 August 1944, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Wall |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
5 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4386 , 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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15 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 4386, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
15 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 4386, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, RMS Mooltan, Sydney | |
4 Jun 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , From 3rd Australian General Hospital | |
19 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , In France | |
6 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , In the field | |
9 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 15th Field Artillery Brigade | |
24 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Trench Mortar Battery, From 15th Field Artillery Brigade | |
11 Jan 1919: | Honoured Military Cross, For work near Harbonniers in 8 August 1918. Citataion reads: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This officer, under heavy shell and machine gun fire, succeeded without the aid of a carrying party in getting his 6 inch trench mortar placed, and by its fire cleared off some machine guns which were holding up the infantry. In five days advance he silenced many machine gun posts, firing no less than 662 T.M. bombs in the process. He showed untiring energy London Gazette on 11 January 1919, page 667, position 7 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 May 1919, page 894, position 7 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was 3 Merton Street, Stanmore, NSW
Son of John Filshie and Elizabeth Filshie of 36 Carrington Grove, St Kilda, Victoria. Brother of Gilbert Filshie, Ivy Lavinia Filshie, Lewis G. Filshie, Alan R. Filshie and Douglas Filshie
Commenced return to Australia on 28 February 1919 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on the 13 April 1919
During 1919 Harold married Isabella Rennie Millar in Manly, NSW
Medals: Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal