Maurice Albert HARCOURT

HARCOURT, Maurice Albert

Service Numbers: 467, 752
Enlisted: 2 November 1914, Dalby, Queensland
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 5th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, 6 March 1896
Home Town: Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Horse-breaker
Died: Natural Causes, Queensland, Australia, 19 November 1971, aged 75 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

2 Nov 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 467, 15th Light Horse Regiment, Dalby, Queensland
9 Feb 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 752, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itria embarkation_ship_number: A53 public_note: ''
9 Feb 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 752, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Itria, Brisbane
19 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 752, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
29 Mar 1916: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 752, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Medical discharge (enteric fever)

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Biography

464 Trooper Maurice Arthur Harcourt, E Troop C Squadron 5th Light Horse Regiment did not embark on 21 Dec 1914 from Sydney aboard HMAT Persic (owing to illness). Embarkation Roll #1 (www.awm.gov.au)

After being discharged from the Brisbane Base Hospital on 21 Dec 1914, he reported for duty to the Military Camp at Enoggera. He was then transferred to the 2nd reinforcements of the 5th Light Horse Regiment with the new service number 752, and his middle name corrected to Albert. He embarked on 09 Feb 1915 from Brisbane aboard HMAT Itria. Embarkation Roll #2 (www.awm.gov.au) 

His Service Record (recordsearch.naa.gov.au) records his service numbers as: 464, 702, and 752

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