Harold Verney CAMERON

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CAMERON, Harold Verney

Service Numbers:	5043, N68445
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2 Garrison Battalion (NSW)
Born:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 22 September 1890
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Indent Merchant
Died:	Tuberculosis, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia, 16 March 1947, aged 56 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Strathfield WWI Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales
20 Jul 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5043, 1st Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Sydney
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5043, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, N68445, 2 Garrison Battalion (NSW)
12 Oct 1939:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, N68445, 2 Garrison Battalion (NSW)
12 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, N68445, 2 Garrison Battalion (NSW)
25 Mar 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, N68445, 2 Garrison Battalion (NSW)

World War 1 Service

Date unknown:	Involvement 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Father James Alexander Cameron and Mother ______ (nee _____)
living at Surrey, The Crescent, Homebush

Married 29/3/1916, by Rev H T Holliday at Christ Church, Bexley.

Wife: Edith Florence Cameron (nee Wadley)
(3rd daughter of Mr and Mrs E L Wadley, Arundel, Bexley)
living at 7 Strickland Avenue, Lindfield, New South Wales.

Next of kin in service:
Son     WWII - NX105993 James (Jim) Murdock Cameron
                      b. 14/5/1920 Lindfield NSW
                      19/7/1942 enlisted at Lindfield
                      Sergeant in 35 HVY AA BTY
                      1/8/1946   Discharged

Son     WWII - NX128170 Brian Livermore Cameron
                      b. 11/4/1922 Lindfield NSW
                      20/7/1942 enlisted at Lindfield
                      Private in 64th Infantry Battalion
                      26/4/1946 Discharged

Described on enlisting as 26 years 9 months old; single; 5' 10" tall; 128 1/2 lbs;
fair complexion; brown eyes; brown hair; Church of England.

27/6/1915 Completed medical in Sydney, fit for service

12/7/1915 Enlisted in Liverpool, New South Wales

11/2/1916 Commanding Officer appointed Harold to C Company
1st Battalion, Liverpool Camp

29/3/1916 Married Edith Florence Wadley

1/4/1916      Embarked from Sydney, on board SS Makarini
                    as a Private, 1st Infantry Battalion, 16th reinforcements
2/5/1916      disembarked into Makarial, Suez, Egypt

3/5/1916 appointed to Sergeant at No.1 Training Battalion, Tel-El-Kebir
(inquiry held and promotion cancelled in 1917)

10/7/1916 transferred to Chelsea, No.7 Camp, Pernham Downs, England
30/7/1916 returned to duty

13/12/1916   proceeded overseas to France on board SS Arundel, ex Folkestone
14/12/1916   admitted from England, Etaples, France
17/12/1916   proceeded to join unit
18/12/1916   taken on strength into 12th Training Battalion, France
20/12/1916   reverts to rank of PRIVATE

3/3/1917       sick with throat - to hospital - 1st Australian Field Ambulance
5/3/1917       admitted tonsilitis - 7th Canadian General Hospital, France
24/3/1917     transferred to England from 7th Canadian General Hospital

Apr-May 1917 admitted to Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton, England
29/5/1917 transferred to 3rd Auxillary Hospital, England
June 1917 Convalesing in UK

5/7/1917 on furlough (leave)
19/7/1917 returned

20/12/1917 discharged to duty War Chest Club

9/2/1918 admitted with Bronchitis, Harefield
discharged to No.2 Depot, Weymouth

12/2/1918 detached to duty and marched out to No.2 Com Depot, 1st Battalion
Tidworth, England

21/5/1918 Returned to Australia on board HT Tofua
14/6/1918 disembarked into Australia

20/7/1918 Discharged from AIF (WWI)

Medals:
British War medal (37327) and Victory medal (36725)

14/5/1920 Had a son James (Jim) Murdock Cameron, born Lindfield NSW

11/4/1922 Had a second son Brian Livermore Cameron, born Lindfield NSW

12/10/1939 N68445 - RE-ENLISTED into WWII - 49 years old
Sergeant in 2 Garrison Battalion

25/3/1944 Discharged from service in WWII

16/3/1947      Harold died of Tuberculosis
cremated in:   New South Wales Memorial
                     Sydney War Cemetery, Rookwood, NSW
                     Panel 4

His name is located at panel 77 in the Commemorative Area at the
Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT.

Thank you to STEFF for the photos.

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 1/3/2015. Lest we forget.

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