Harold Tunstall HAVERFIELD

HAVERFIELD, Harold Tunstall

Service Number: 4220
Enlisted: 7 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion
Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town: Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling: Bendigo Central State School
Occupation: Packer
Died: Died of Wounds, Vecquemont, France, 25 August 1918
Cemetery: Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Plot III, Row F, Grave No. 15, Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Daours, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Central School Honor Roll, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Webster Street Methodist Church Sunday School Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

7 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4220, 6th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
29 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 4220, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 4220, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
23 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4220, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
14 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4220, 6th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
28 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 66th Infantry Battalion, England
26 May 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 66th Infantry Battalion, England
18 Nov 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Infantry Battalion, Belgium. Also re-mustered as Private.
15 Apr 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4220, 6th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Hazebrouck
9 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4220, 6th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens
23 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4220, 6th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", GSW to head and arm. Evacuated to 41st CCS at Vecquemont, however died of wounds 25 August 1918.

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Harold Tunstall HAVERFIELD was born in Bendigo, Victoria in 1894

His parents were Frank HAVERFIELD & Alice Maud STRINGER

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His brother Frank Rennison HAVERFIELD (SN 4210) also served during WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

KILLED IN ACTION.
PRIVATE HAROLD HAVERFIELD.
The sad news was conveyed on Tuesday night to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haverfield, of Camp Hill, that their eldest son, Private Harold Haverfield, was killed in action in France on 25th August.  Private  Haverfield was 21 years of age, and a native of Bendigo and was a grandson of the late Mr. R. R. Haverfield, who was for many years editor of the "Bendigo Advertiser." Private Haverfield and his  brother Lance-Corporal Frank Haverfield, were in the first division that went to France. He contracted pneumonia in the trenches last winter, but returned to the lines in spring, and was in the, same Battalion as Lieut. W. M'Shane, M C., andPrivate L. Fly, who were recently reported as killed in action. Before enlisting, Private Haverfield was employed at Towlins and Simmie's flourmill. A brother, Lance-Corporal Haverfield, is at present on furlough in London.

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