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Sydney Harold HARRY

Regimental number3313
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address111 Buckhurst Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation32
Height5' 8"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs E M Harry, 111 Buckhurst Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years in the Senior Cadets.
Enlistment date24 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 11 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll60th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
170
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Martha HARRY; Wife: Emily May HARRY, McDonald Street, Mordialloc, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Admitted to 4th Auxiliary Hospital, Abbassia, 27 January 1916 (mumps); discharged, 14 February 1916.

Transferred to 59th Bn, 3 April 1916, and taken on strength, Ferry Post.

Transferred to 60th Bn, and taken on strength, 4 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Reported missing in Action, 19 July 1916.

Now, 25 August 1916, reported 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Note, Red Cross File No 1280804: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, HARRY Sydney Harold
Red Cross File No 1280804

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