YEOMAN  H.

Given Names:  Harry John

               

Service Number:  7591

Unit:  5th Battalion, 25th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  601896

 

Age:  23 Yrs  4 Mths

Occupation:  Fireman                                                                                                     

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Roman Catholic

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9¾ In                  

Weight:  173 Lbs

Chest:  36-39 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  25/4/1917

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Alice Yeoman

Aden', Harp Road, East Kew, Victoria                                                                                

Embarkation Date:  4/8/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Thermistocles A32

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Raranga 

Embarked:  8/9/1919                                 

Disembarked:  27/10/1919

Unit:  5th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  26/11/1919                     

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  68119

Victory Medal:  65433

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  30/11/1893

Place:  Somerset, England                       

Father:  George YEOMAN                       

Mother:  Martha HAYWARE

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1917     

Place:             

Spouse: Alice Altidia RUSSELL

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 24/11/1958                        

Place: Melbourne, Victoria                       

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 7/7/1918; gun shot wound, buttock

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V71666                                       

Date Enlisted:  31/1/1941                                        

Date Discharged:  28/12/1944

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary