ANTROBUS  H.

Given Names:  Harold Charles

               

Service Number:  1969

Unit:  29th Battalion, 3rd reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  19 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Tunsmith                                                                                                   

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Baptist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  5½ In                  

Weight:  130 Lbs

Chest:  32½-34 In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Sallow

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  2/8/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Martha Antrobus

30 Smart Street, Hawthorn, Victoria                                                                                  

Embarkation Date:  18/2/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ballarat A70

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Nevasa  

Embarked:  5/3/1919                                 

Disembarked:  25/4/1919

Unit:  29th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  9/6/1919                         

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  35781

Victory Medal:  35503

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  10/9/1895

Place:  Brisbane Queensland                    

Father:  James Briggs ANTROBUS          

Mother:  Martha FORSTER

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1925     

Place:             

Spouse: Rose CUNNINGHAM

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 1979                                 

Place: , New South Wales                        

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Prisoner of war; captured 19/7/1916 at Fromalles

Repatriated to England 7/12/1918

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Hawthorn Rowing Club

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

 

FURTHER INFORMATION

Yes

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