PETHEBRIDGE H.V.

Given Names:  Harry Vernon

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Unit:  Tunnelling Companies, Sept 1916 to Feb 1918 reinforcements                                 

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant                                                                                                     

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Age:  24 Yrs  8 Mths

Occupation:  Mining Engineer                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Congregational

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8 In                     

Weight:  132 Lbs

Chest:  32-36½ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  15/5/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Eileen Mary Pethebridge

47 Stevenson Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  17/1/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  RMS Omrah

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Trazos Montes                                 

Embarked:  14/4/1919                               

Disembarked: 

Unit:  2nd Tunnelling Company                                                                                                      

Rank:  Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  30/6/1919                       

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  62826

Victory Medal:  60789

Other:    Military Cross

BIRTH

Date or Year:  26/9/1891

Place:  Brisbane, Queensland                   

Father:  Samuel Augustus PETHEBRIDGE

Mother:  Ada Mary SIMMONS

MARRIAGE

Year:  1916     

Place:             

Spouse: Eileen Mary BENNETT

DEATH

Date or Year: 6/5/1956                            

Place: Canterbury, Victoria                      

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Military Cross citation - during the operations against the Hindenburg line, near Bellicourt, on 29/9/1918, was in charge of a forward road party, clearing and maintaining a tactical road under heavy shell and machine gun fire

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

University of Melbourne

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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Date Enlisted:                                                        

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COMMENTS

Father Brigadier General Sir Samuel Augustus Petherbridge