SEWELL H.B.

Given Names:  Harry Blamyre

Service Number: 

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade 8, Bty 32                                                                               

Rank:  Lieutenant                                                                                                            

Paybook Number:  112303

Age:  19 Yrs  7 Mths

Occupation:  Soldier                                                                                                      

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9 In                     

Weight:   Lbs

Chest:  36 In

Hair:  Sandy

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  4/4/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Carol Olivia Sewell

'Cradley', Studley Park Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                       

Embarkation Date:  20/5/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Medic A7

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Ypiranga  

Embarked:  15/11/1919                             

Disembarked:  4/1/1920

Unit:  3rd Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                     

Rank:  Captain

Discharge Date:  26/2/1920                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  43373

Victory Medal:  42694

Other:    Military Cross

BIRTH

Date or Year:  30/11/1896

Place:  Bendigo, Victoria                         

Father:  Frank Blamyre SEWELL              

Mother:  Carol Olivia LEE

MARRIAGE

Year:  1922     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Lillian Amy Hinchliffe CROWTHER

DEATH

Date or Year: 5/10/1943                          

Place: , New Guinea                                

Burial:  Soputa War Cemetery, New Guinea

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Military Cross recommendation dated 15/6/1917 - serving with an artillery unit on 8/6/1917 in France, where he was attached to Aust Corps HQ

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew State School

Trinity Grammar

Holy Trinity Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  NX367                                        

Date Enlisted:  8/4/1940                                          

Date Discharged:  Died of Disease

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