MACHEN  H.

Given Names:  Harry

               

Service Number:  2100

Unit:  29th Battalion, 3rd reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  32 Yrs  2 Mths

Occupation:  Labourer                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  2¼ In                  

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  32½-34½ In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Sallow

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  3/8/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs A Machen

, Hobart, Tasmania                                                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  18/2/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ballarat A70

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Port Denison                                    

Embarked:  25/3/1919                               

Disembarked:  10/5/1919

Unit:  29th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  13/7/1919                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  35859

Victory Medal:  35578

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  4/6/1884

Place:  Launceston, Tasmania                  

Father:            

Mother:   

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

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Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Prisoner of war & wounded in action

2/9/1916; gun shot wound, back; repatriated to England on 30/12/1918

30/12/1918; on POW report gave next of kin as Mrs S Stoker, 6 Darby Street, Kew

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary