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BALSTON, Harry Love
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 1468, 1568 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Poole, England, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Grafton, Clarence Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mining Engineer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 9 August 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
7th Field Ambulance Cemetery Special; Memorial A, Grave 96 Headstone Inscription "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT", 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1468, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1468, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1468, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1568, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Killed in action |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Rankin
He served under the alias of Harry LOVE.
Son of Alfred and Anne Love BALSTON; husband of Irene BALSTON, of 21 Goa St., Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand. Native of Poole, England.