CABENA  H.

Given Names:  Harold

               

Service Number:  1020

Unit:  Australian Flying Corps; No 4 Squadron B Flight                                                      

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  25 Yrs  5 Mths

Occupation:  Engineer                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9½ In                  

Weight:  149 Lbs

Chest:  34-38 In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/10/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Martha Annie Cabena

28 Uvadale Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                                        

Embarkation Date:  17/1/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  RMS Omrah

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Kaiser-I-Hind                                    

Embarked:  6/5/1919                                 

Disembarked:  16/6/1919

Unit:  Australian Flying Corps                                                                                                         

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  24/7/1919                       

Place:  3MD

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  62569

Victory Medal:  60568

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  23/4/1891

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Joseph Lloyd CABENA               

Mother:  Martha Annie RUSHBROOK

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1921     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Gertrude McDOWELL

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 17/4/1978                          

Place: Fitzroy, Victoria                             

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Auburn State School

Kew War Memorial

Kew Presbyterian Church

Chalmers Presbyterian Church

Hawthorn Town Hall

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary