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Henry Joseph James POWELL

Regimental number5764
Place of birthNew Norcia, Western Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFireman
AddressMidland Junction, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Catherine Powell, Koojan Siding, Midland Junction, Western Australia
Enlistment date20 June 1916
Place of enlistmentMoora, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A31 Ajana on 15 July 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3764
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 1 June 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: Henry and Catherine POWELL
Discharge date22 August 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Sick to hospital, 21 May 1917; transferred to England, 28 June 1917, and admitted to Bath War Hospital, 29 June 1917 (pleurisy, left effusion).

Proceeded overseas to France, 5 December 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 12 December 1917.

Taken on strength, 32nd Bn, 12 March 1918.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 11 June 1918.

Wounded in action, 8 August 1918 (gun shot wound, back); admitted to Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham, 23 August 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Somali', 1 June 1919; disembarked Fremantle, 8 July 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Perth, 22 August 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Death attributed to war service.

Note: Form B103 missing from file; only sketchy details available.
Miscellaneous detailsSee 2426 Henry James POWELL for first period of service.
Date of death9 June 1936
Age at death41
Place of burialKarrakatta Cemetery, Perth, Western Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, POWELL Henry Joseph James

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