HARPER, Henry Cecil
| Service Numbers: | 2909, 2909A |
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| Enlisted: | 29 September 1916, Armidale |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Boggabri, New South wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Boggabri, Narrabri, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Shell Blast, Lavieville, France, 5 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension B. 55. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2909, 46th Infantry Battalion, Armidale | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2909, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2909, 46th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Napier, Sydney | |
| 3 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 10 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Field Company Engineers | |
| 3 Feb 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 2909A, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2909A awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Silver
Boggabri, New South Wales lost one its most popular young men when Henry Cecil Harper, known as Pat, was killed on the Western Front on 5 April 1917.
He was 21 and four months of age when he enlisted on 29 September 1916 at Armidale, naming his father John, of Dalton Street, Bogabri as his next-of-kin.
Attached to the 46th Battalion, he arrived in France on 29 March 1917. After being involved in the major campaigns throughout 1917, he was killed by an enemy barrage as the Battalion took over the trenches at Lavieville near Millencourt. Private Henry Cecil Harper was buried in the Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension.
Credit: RG McLean
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