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HOPE, Harry Leslie
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 724, 61 |
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Enlisted: | 4 June 1915 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 36th Heavy Artillery Group |
Born: | South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1885 |
Home Town: | Queenscliff, Victoria |
Schooling: | Friends High School, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
Occupation: | Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery |
Died: | Wounds, Arras, France, 22 April 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Ste. Catherine British Cemetery Row B, Grave No. 6 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berwick Grammar School Honour Avenue Plaque, Queenscliff Royal Australian Garrison Artillery Third Military District Honor Roll, Toora War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
1 Jun 1912: | Involvement 724 | |
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4 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 61, Siege Artillery Brigade | |
17 Jul 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 61, Siege Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
17 Jul 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 61, Siege Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 61, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, Battle for Pozières | |
7 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, France | |
16 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, France | |
22 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 61, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, SW to head and abdomen. Died at, or on the way to, the CCS (near Arras). | |
22 Apr 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 61, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 61 awm_unit: 36th Australian Heavy Artillery Group awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-22 |
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