Henry Cecil (Pat) HARPER

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HARPER, Henry Cecil

Service Numbers:	2909, 2909A
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

29 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2909, 46th Infantry Battalion, Armidale
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

Biography 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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