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Henry Charles WINDRAM

Regimental number3279
Place of birthCaulfield, Victoria
SchoolYooronga Road State School, East Malvern, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHall porter
Address3 Tattenham Street, East Caulfield, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 6.5"
Weight143 lbs
Next of kinFather, James E Windram, 7 Cosy Gum Road, East Caulfield, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed as Corporal in the Caulfield Area Cadets; served for 4 years.
Enlistment date13 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 26 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 18), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
169
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James Ernest and Margaret WINDRAM
Family/military connectionsCousins: 25419 Driver Charles Alfred WATERSTON, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, killed in action, 2 June 1917; 6837 Corporal Robert James WATERSTON MM, 11th Bn, returned to Australia, 25 September 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Allotted to and proceeded to join 58th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 23 February 1916.

Transferred to 59th Bn and taken on strength, 15 March 1916.

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

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried in No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, WINDRAM Henry Charles

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