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ACKLAND, Harold
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5028 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dimboola, Victoria, Australia, 30 November 1881 |
| Home Town: | Jung, Horsham, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Woorak State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 30 October 1917, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5028, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5028, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5028, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Harold was the husband of Ethel Mary Ackland, who never remarried, and they were the parents of a son who was 13 years of age when his dad died in Belgium.
Harold was the older brother of 1176 Trooper Edgar Stanley Ackland M.M. 8th Light Horse Regiment, who won his award in the Middle East on 5 November 1917, for carrying a Hotchkiss gun 300 metres over broken ground and ambushing and capturing two enemy guns.
Biography contributed by nura elhefnawy
Son of Hugh and Margaret Ackland; husband of Ethel M. Ackland, of Beulah, Victoria. Native of Dimboola, Victoria.
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