Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Newbury, Berskshire, England |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Staff Sergeant Major Instructional Staff |
Marital status | Widower |
Age at embarkation | 42 |
Height | 6' 0.75" |
Weight | 194 lbs |
Next of kin | Infant son, N.H.E. Paulin, c/o Miss E.B. Twynan, Riversdale, Goulburn, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served for 21 years in the Life Guards, British Army; at time of AIF enlistment was serving on the Instructional Staff, Commonwealth Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Holsworthy, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Regimental Sergeant Major |
Unit name | 6th Light Horse Regiment, Headquarters |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/11/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A29 Suevic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Captain |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
Promotions |
Lieutenant Unit: 6th Light Horse Regiment Promotion date: Captain Unit: 53rd Battalion Promotion date: |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 6), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 158 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Harry and Gladys PAULIN |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 15 May 1915. Appointed 2nd Lieutenant, 4 August 1915; promoted Lieutenant, 25 September 1915. Transferred to A Squadron from Regimental Headquarters, 27 September 1915. Admitted to 1st Casualty Clearing Station, 28 September 1915, and transferred same day to HS 'Gascon'; transferred to General Hospital, Gibraltar, 8 October 1915 (dysentery); to England, 14 October 1915, and admitted to 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, 19 October 1915. Embarked England to rejoin unit in Egypt, 22 February 1916; disembarked Alexandria, 5 March 1916; rejoined unit, Maadi, 7 March 1916. Transferred to 53rd Bn, 1 April 1916. Promoted Captain, 29 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 28 June 1916. Reported missing in action, 19 July 1916; Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 2 September 1917, pronounced fate as 'killed in action, 19 July 1916'. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, PAULIN Harry |