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Henry SHORT

Regimental number615
Place of birthGawler, South Australia
SchoolGawler and Flinders Street Public School, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressHenley Beach Road, Mile End, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Jas Short, Henley Beach Road, Mile End, South Australia
Enlistment date5 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll21 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked.
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked.
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 27 October 1916
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialCaterpillar Valley Cemetery (Plot X, Row B, Grave No. 16), Longueval, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
116
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Jane SHORT, White Street, Highgate, South Australia
Family/military connectionsNo.1744 Private Arthur Gawler Short, 16th Battalion, who was killed in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli on 8 August 1915 and No.1775 Private Edward Charles Short, 27th Battalion and 2nd Machine Gun Company, who died of bronchial pneumonia at Abbeville, France on 27 September 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death2 September 1967

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