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Henry Thomas FURNER

Regimental number429
Place of birthAllynbrook New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address'Halton', Allynbrook, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, Edmund Furner, 'Halton', Allynbrook, New South Wales
Enlistment date25 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name35th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/52/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 1 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll35th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 18 October 1917
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block P, Plot III, Row J, Grave No. 9B), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
125
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1771 Pte George Leonard FURNER, 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery, killed in action, 20 December 1917; Cousins: 4557 Clifford Victor SCHMUTTER, 3rd Bn, killed in action, 17 August 1916; Pte [2384] Lt Eric George SHELDON [aka SCHMUTTER] DCM, 33rd Bn, returned to Australia, 26 July 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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