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BURROWS, Harry
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2574, 86985 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 August 1915, Served for 3 years in Senior Cadets. |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Special Services AIF |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 28 February 1892 |
| Home Town: | Tighes Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Aberdeen,New South Wales, Australia, 6 August 1960, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Tighe's Hill Public School HR, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2574, 19th Infantry Battalion, Served for 3 years in Senior Cadets. | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2574, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2574, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2574, 19th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , SW to head and neck - severe | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Jul 1917: | Honoured Military Medal and bar, Broodseinde Ridge, Conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in carrying important messages under heavy fire. East of Ypres 4 October 1917. | |
| 7 Mar 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, Menin Road, 'East of YPRES on the 22nd September, 1917, after having carried messages continuously for 24 hours on and through heavily shelled country, he was required to convey a message to the rear through country which was at the time being very heavily shelled. The message was safely conveyed and with such expedition that the Battalion Transport was prevented from coming into a very dangerous area unnecessarily.' | |
| 18 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2574, 4th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Remained on duty | |
| 11 Jun 1919: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 86985, Department of Repatriation and Demobilization | |
| 8 Jul 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Special Services AIF | |
| 12 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 86985, Special Services AIF, First discharge 9/7/1919 from 4th Bn |
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