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Pte · B Company, 20 Battalion, 5 Brigade, Australian Imperial Force

John Henry

† 18/09/1977 · aged 85 · Kincumber South Cemetery, Gosford City, New South Wales, Australia

Personal data

NameHenry
InitialsJ.
Christian nameJohn
Date and place of birthGoulburn, New South Wales; 20.12.1891
Address4 Comber Street, Paddington, Sydney, Australia
ProfessionBoundary rider
FamilyMarried to Annie Henry

Extra information

Information
Lives at Kyogle, New South Wales in 1939; at 32 Bridges Street, Kurnell, NSW in 1967

Military data

Service number569
RankPte
Regiment / UnitB Company, 20 Battalion, 5 Brigade, Australian Imperial Force
Date of death
Age85
Cemetery / MemorialKincumber South Cemetery, Gosford City, New South Wales, Australia

Other information

Information
In the summer of 1917 he was in charge of the billiard table on the upper landing of Talbot House. He had told Tubby he was a patient at No. 17 Casualty Clearing Station (Lijssenthoek, Poperinge).
Information 2
On 12.09.1917 (8.20 pm) he was arrested by the Military Police at T.H. He had absented himself without leave for 405 days.
Information 3
14.12.1917: sentenced to 10 years servitude; 23.01.1918: 10 years commuted to 2 years; 10.04.1918: released from prison on suspended sentence and entrained to unit; 20.05.1919: returned to Australia
Information 4
Tubby related his story in 'Gen in Four Fyttes' (1931).

Sources

Source
Louagie, J., A Touch of Paradise in Hell: index
Source 2
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