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Harold Lionel ANGEL

Regimental number6702
Date of birth29 January 1896
Place of birthAlbury, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLaw clerk
AddressOlive Street, Albury, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.6
Height5' 6"
Weight149 lbs
Next of kinFather, R. Angel, Olive Street, Albury, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 18 months in the Senior Cadets; serving in 44th Infantry Bn, Citizen Military Forces, at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date1 August 1916
Place of enlistmentCootamundra, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Port Nicholson on 8 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateReturned to Australia
Discharge date12 April 1920
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3227 Pte Charles Ernest ANGEL, 1st Bn, returned to Australia, 7 November 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, 4 February 1917 (influenza); transferred to Sutton Veny Military Hospital, 13 February 1917 (bronchitis); marched into 1st Training Bn, Durrington, 3 March 1917.

Appointed Acting Corporal, 17 May 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 2 July 1917, and reverted to Private.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 4 November 1917.

Marched into No 2 Officer Cadet Bn, Cambridge, 8 February 1918.

Appointed 2nd Lieutenant, 29 August 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 18 September 1918; joined 1st Bn, in the field, 24 September 1918.

Promoted Lieutenant, 19 March 1919.

Granted leave with pay and subsistence (Non Military Employment), 5 May-1 August 1919, to attend Veterinary course at Edinburgh University.

Married Margaret GRAY, spinster, Edinburgh, 22 September 1919.

Commenced return to Australia from Liverpool on board HT 'Megantic', 9 January 1920; appointment terminated (discharged), Sydney, 12 April 1920.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as Harold Lionel ANGLE.
Date of death20 September 1960
Age at death64
Place of burialAlbury Pioneer Cemetery, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, ANGEL Harold Lionel

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