RETCHFORD H.E.
Given Names: Harold Ernest
Service Number: 1501
Unit: 21st Battalion, 1st reinforcements
Rank: Acting Sergeant
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Age: 19 Yrs 8 Mths
Occupation: Clerk
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Methodist
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 5 Ft 10 In
Weight: 154 Lbs
Chest: 32½-35 In
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Complexion: Fresh
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 8/5/1915
Place: Melbourne
Next of Kin: FATHER Ernest Retchford
7 Main Street, East Kew, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 28/6/1915
Port: Melbourne
Ship: HMAT Berrima A35
END OF WAR
Status: Killed in action
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Unit: 2nd Pioneer Battalion
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
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MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: 22332
British War Medal: 15264
Victory Medal: 15203
Other:
BIRTH
Date or Year: 1895
Place: Hawksburn, Victoria
Father: Ernest RETCHFORD
Mother: Eva JENKINSON
MARRIAGE
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DEATH
Date or Year: 5/8/1916
Place: Pozieres, France
Burial: No known grave,
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
Killed in action by machine gun fire
MEMORIALS
Kew War Memorial
Australian Natives Association
Auburn State School
Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
Australian War Memorial
Memorial Plaque: 356381
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
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COMMENTS
FURTHER INFORMATION
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