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  • MOTTRAM
  • H
  • HENRY
  • Havelock
  • Victoria, Australia
  • Havelock
  • Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Sarah Gourley, of Havelock. Victoria, Australia.
    Four brothers: Johan William (1877), Samuel (1883), Frederick (1887) and David Thomas (1894). Three sisters: Mary Jane (1876), Madeline (1885) and Eva Catherine (1891)
  • Havelock State School, Victoria
  • Labourer

Military service

  • Melbourne, 8 February 1916
  • 5147
  • Private
  • 1914/18 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
  • 59th Bn. Australian Infantry
  • 15th Brigade
  • 5th Australian Division
  • A.I.F.
  • Embarkation April 1916; Tel-El-Kebir May 1916; Alexandria June 1916; Marseilles June 1916; Etaples July 1916

Death

  • Polygon Wood, 26 September; he was guiding some mules, carrying ammunition, up to the line and when returning the shell caught him.
  • Died of gunshot wounds on both legs, at n°3 Can CCS
  • 27 September 1917
  • 28
  • XXIV - G - 7A

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