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Harold Victor TOWNE

Regimental number4613
Place of birthKatoomba, New South Wales
SchoolLeura Public School, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationRailway porter
AddressHolyrood, Malvern Road, Leura, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 3"
Weight122 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs M J Towne, Holyrood, Malvern Road, Leura, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets (4.5 years); Citizen Military Forces (2 months).
Enlistment date22 August 1915
Place of enlistmentWarwick Farm, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll54th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19-20 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialAnzac Cemetery (Plot II, Row J, Grave No. 10), Sailly-Sur-La-Lys, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
160
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents; Walter Henry and Mary Jane TOWNE, Malvern Road, Leura, New South Wales. Native of Katoomba, New South Walesw
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 16 February 1916.

Found guilty, date unknown, of while in Colombo (1) being absent without leave from 1700 hours until 1900 hours and being brought in by the piquet, (2) breaking ranks: fined £1.

Disembarked Egypt, 22 March 1916.

Joined 54th Bn, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916.

Found guilty, date unknown, of being dirty on parade:, 29 April 1916: awarded 4 days' confined to camp.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 May 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Killed in action, 19/20 July 1916.

Buried at Sailly-sur-la-Lys Cemetery by Reverend W. M. Holliday, 20 July 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, TOWNE Harold Victor

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