ATHORN, Harold Ernest
Service Number: | 3683 |
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Enlisted: | 4 September 2015, Private on enlistment, Corporal on discharge |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia, 16 February 1898 |
Home Town: | Cunnamulla, Paroo, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Butcher |
Died: | Massive coronary occlusion, Greenslopes, Queensland, Australia, 18 January 1959, aged 60 years |
Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Cremated 20 January 1959 |
Memorials: | Paroo Shire Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
30 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3683, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
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30 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3683, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
4 Sep 2015: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3683, 15th Infantry Battalion, Private on enlistment, Corporal on discharge |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kim Pate
Harold Ernest ATHORN was born in Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia, 1898.
His mother was Harriet Emily Wicks who married Edgar Herbert "Ted" Athorn.
Harold had 9 younger siblings.
He married Jemima Barwick 31 May 1940.
They had a red setter dog called Codger (courtesy Sue King, niece)
He lived most of his life in Cunnamulla, living a short period in Brisbane.
Australian Electoral Rolls have his occupations during his life as butcher, labourer, munitions worker, watchman and a shedhand.